Does Cancer have an Answer?

It is 2017 now. We are living in such an advanced era of  humanity where AI (Artificial Intelligence) nearly beats Human Intelligence. Scientists already invented biotech by which we can store billion GBs of data easily. Mobile phones are running with 6-8 GB RAM power. It's like  to have a powerful computer in our pocket. If we talk about Medical sciences, the world's first human Head Transplant had been scheduled in December 2017 and it was a Success, says Italian Professor Sergio Canavero, Director of the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group working on this matter. You can check the link  HERE (The Telegraph).

Still, if we talk about CANCER, the treatment is almost same for the last 50 years.
Painful Chemotherapy, extremely expensive surgeries and Radiotherapy are the only possible options we have in our hand. 

Cancer Statistics in India

Estimated number of people living with the disease: around 2.5 million

Every year, new cancer patients registered: Over 7 lacs

Cancer-related deaths: 5,56,400

The term Chemotherapy refers to the drugs that prevent cancer cells from dividing and reproducing. It just interferes with cancer cell's dividing and reproducing ability (by targeting  the cancer cells' food source, which consists of the enzymes and hormones they need to grow) but can not  completely diminish the cells. Moreover it does more bad effects on other healthy cells by killing them.

Chemotherapy kills healthy cells along with dividing cancer cells. cancer stem cells (CSCs) don't get killed by chemo. It damages the immune system, thus disabling it from disarming and removing cancerous cells from the body. Makes the body more vulnerable to cancer.

So, why treat cancer with a therapy that causes cancer???

And this is still not the end. During and chemotherapy a patient may have tons of its side-effects.  Like-

• Fatigue
• Hair loss
• Easy bruising and bleeding
• Infection
• Anemia (low red blood cell counts)
• Nausea and vomiting
• Appetite changes
• Constipation
• Diarrhea
• Mouth, tongue, and throat problems such as sores and pain with swallowing
• Nerve and muscle problems such as numbness, tingling, and pain
• Skin and nail changes such as dry skin and color change
• Urine and bladder changes and kidney problems
• Weight changes
• Chemo brain, which can affect concentration and focus
• Mood changes
• Changes in libido and sexual function
• Fertility problems

There are thousands of cures for cancer that already exist in the natural world and are being used every day all across the planet, outside the controlled monopolies of pharmaceutical medicine and toxic chemotherapy. So many herbal remedies of cancer but nobody is enthusiastic about it. Cannabis/Marijuana is said to be the most effective when it comes to reducing the side effects of chemotherapy  but leading doctors still hesitate to prescribe such things. It is still not approved by FDA. 

Marijuana has been used in herbal remedies for centuries. Scientists have identified many biologically active components in marijuana. These are called cannabinoids. The two best studied components are the chemicals delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (often referred to as THC), and cannabidiol (CBD). Other cannabinoids are being studied.

At this time, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) lists marijuana and its cannabinoids as Schedule I controlled substances. This means that they cannot legally be prescribed, possessed, or sold under federal law. Whole or crude marijuana (including marijuana oil or hemp oil) is not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for any medical use. But the use of marijuana to treat some medical conditions is legal under state laws in many states.

                                                                                                                -  www.cancer.org

Apart from Chemotherapy, another cure(?) for cancer is 'Surgery' which is cost more than  a man earn in his entire lifetime! Treating cancer is BIG business in America -- in fact, it's a $200 billion a year business. Yet 98 percent of conventional cancer treatments not only FAIL miserably, but are also almost guaranteed to make cancer patients sicker.

In India, cancer treatment expenses is one tenth compared to UK and USA, still thousands of people are dying just because they can not bear the long term medical expenses. 

According to WHO,

• Cancer is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, with approximately 14 million new cases in 2012.
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• The number of new cases is expected to rise by about 70% over the next 2 decades.
• Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally, and was responsible for 8.8 million deaths in 2015. Globally, nearly 1 in 6 deaths is due to cancer.
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• Approximately 70% of deaths from cancer occur in low- and middle-income countries.

Don't you think that instead of building more and more so-called cancer research institutes  throughout the world we must utilize all our possible resource to find a REAL CURE for this devilish disease??? So that one day ourworld will be cancer-free and we will proudly say, Yes! We have an answer for cancer.

Sources: wikipedia, www.cancer.org, WHO, Google