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Cancer Drugs Used To Shrink Tumors In Fact Promote Their Growth

In conventional cancer treatment, the focus is almost totally on the tumor - killing it via burning (radiation) or poisoning (chemotherapy), or removing it using surgery. Cancer drugs are also used to attempt to shrink tumors. Little, if anything, is usually done to improve the nutritional status, overall health, immunity and outlook of the person.
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Cancer Drug Avastin Increases Risk of Blood Clots When Taken with Chemotherapy

Recent research at the Stony Brook University Cancer Center has revealed that Avastin, the cancer drug, increases the risk of blood clots in the veins by some 33% when it is taken together with chemotherapy.