A shocking government report has confirmed that chemotherapy is responsible for killing a staggering 50% of all cancer patients who receive it. According to the report, conducted by Public Health England (a Department of Health agency) and Cancer Research UK, cancer drugs (used in chemotherapy) usually kill patients within 30 days of starting them. This is the first time a government agency has conclusively confirmed that medication is overwhelmingly the cause of death rather than the cancer itself. Telegraph.co.uk reports: In Milton Keynes the death rate for lung cancer treatment was 50.9 per cent, although it was based on a very small number of patients. At Lancashire Teaching Hospitals the 30 day mortality rate was 28 per cent for palliative chemotherapy for lung cancer, which is given when a cure is not expected and treatment given to alleviate symptoms. Deaths of lung cancer patients from chemotherapy were also far higher than the national average in Blackpool, Coventry, Derby, South Tyneside and Surrey and Sussex, according to the research. Similarly, around one in five people who underwent palliative care for breast cancer at Cambridge University Hospitals died from their treatment. Public Health England (PHE), said it had contacted the hospitals concerned to ask them to review practices. Dr Jem [...]
