Cancer is one of the most feared diagnoses in America. Everyday, people fear that they will go to see the doctor, and receive the terrible news. Luckily, there are many different ways to determine if the cancer is spreading, or if it’s just a simple tumor, easy to remove. Others, not so lucky. Chemotherapy is another option that kills the cancer cells with radiation, that hurts the patient for the moment, but helps in the long run. Patients should be more inclined into taking chemotherapy rather than turning it down due to the rapid success it has in helping patients, by killing the cancer cells, instead of giving up and using home remedies. Most patients are more likely to turn down the treatment because they don't want to go through turning …show more content…
Chemotherapy was intended to attack rapid growing cells in the body, but could affect other cells. The chemo can affect not just the growth of hair and the skin, but also the bone marrow and your intestines as well. The chemo can sometimes destroy cancer cells to the point where it might not come back but that doesn't happen all the time. Chemo can help reduce the spread of cancer to other parts of the body and also reduce the growth of tumors. There is times where chemo does neither of these things but rather just ease the pain that cancerous cells and tumors cause by reducing the pressure of these tumors on the body by shrinking them but not completely making them go away. Chemo should be used on patients even though it does have these side effects because their could have a possible chance to be not completely cured but cancer free and that would bring anyone out of the hopeless hole they go into when diagnosed with this …show more content…
Immediately after the diagnosis, doctors go over the different types of treatments available, however the most efficient of the treatments is chemotherapy. Another form of treatment that some believe to work is simply removing the tumor in hopes that it stops the spreading cells. The problem is that there is a high chance that the cancer will come back and continue to spread. The patient will then be diagnosed, and the cycle will begin again, leaving the patient in more pain due to the rehabilitation therapy post surgery. “Prostate cancer affects the prostate gland, the gland that produces some of the fluid in semen and plays a role in urine control in men.” (Medical New Today). “In a survey of advanced stage cancer patients, 91% of respondents indicated having spirituality-related needs. Of those respondents, 67% wished for their physicians and other medical personnel to consider those needs, and 17% indicated that they received less attention to their spirituality than desired.”(Religious Practices and Considerations for Cancer