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Feature – Medicine
Cancer in kids is being beaten, but
at a price The Georgia Straight
Cancer is a terrible disease, but the treatment can be worse – even deadly. The medical fraternity has acknowledged that, to be true healers, cancer treatment must become kinder and gentler, while still being effective.
Excerpt from article:“But medicine’s triumph is a sword of Damocles. The ancient parable speaks of Dionysius, a Greek ruler of enormous wealth and power who dined underneath a sharpened sword that hung from the ceiling by a single horsehair. For those families whose youngsters are in remission, the sense of impending doom never really goes away; the child’s future health will always hang by a thread.”