Chemotherapy is one of the most common treatments for cancer. How effective exactly is it for improving survival and quality of life? This video and the next will answer those questions. questions.

I'm Over the next few decades, the number of new cancer cases will continue to skyrocket. Are we winning the war on cancer?

Sadly, in general, no.

This, despite the introduction of hundreds of new anti-cancer

drugs, the war on cancer has been likened to the war on terror. No matter how many drone

strikes you do, it's nearly impossible to kill all the bad guys, and no matter how precise

the bombing, one must always consider the collateral damage. The toxicity from cancer therapy can be debilited, and not just health-wise,

there's also the financial toxicity.

Patented anti-cancer drugs are priced at up to nearly $1,000 a day.

Even with health insurance, the average cost of patients for stage 4 breast cancer,

for example, can run $190,000. It's bad enough to be fighting for your life without bankrupting

your family at the same time. A problem is still common to this day.

Who can forget the apocryphal story of Walter White, working two jobs with health insurance

and still could not afford the cancer care.

Now, not everyone is willing to start their own meth lab, but many are willing to go for

Baroque.

A large proportion of cancer patients reported their willingness to declare bankruptcy

or sell their homes to pay for treatment.

I mean, look, aren't the high prices justified if new and innovative treatments offer significant

benefits to patients?

But you may be shocked to find out that many FDA-approved cancer drugs may lack clinical benefit.

Well, then how did they become FDA-approved?

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