Thought Provoking Article

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I found this very useful in the Guardian

Which cancer patients should be continuing chemotherapy during the coronavirus?

It clarifies many of the uncertainties around treatment at this time.

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    FormerMember

    Thanks for posting this is very clear and reassuring in the midst of so much confusion and speculation.

    xx

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    FormerMember in reply to FormerMember

    Perhaps this crisis is a timely reminder to oncologists that they should always be clear about the purpose of treatment. They sometimes think they are but they aren’t. My oncologist got shirty when I asked if the purpose of treatment was to give me more time. She said she’d explained that clearly in the previous meeting, but she really hadn’t.