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Cancer Support

splat

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4. A friend remains angry with them

Reply to Bmoboy (Original post)

Thu Sep 5, 2024, 09:26 AM

Sep 2024

As his wife was dying of breast cancer, he thought MSK was more interested in filling their clinical trials than in curing her. He said they pressed her to take new untested treatments which "might save her life" rather than go with more proven treatments. She died, and he remains bitter.

FWIW.

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