Argument Against Battling Cancer

While these are high probabilities of treating the cancer, the quality of life afterward is still questionable. For instance, unintentional maleficence exists from the chemotherapy. A study by John Radford claims that “survivors of Hodgkin’s lymphoma are at substantial risk for one or more second cancers”. While chemotherapy is effective at treating lymphoma, it also seems to lead to a higher risk for a second cancer, and that cancer may need more chemotherapy. By Cassandra being forced to undergo treatment for her lymphoma she is also, inadvertently, getting this higher risk for more cancer later in her life. Moreover, Cassandra also faces the unwanted side effects of chemotherapy:“hair loss, mouth sores, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, increased chance of infections, easy bruising or bleeding, fatigue”. Not only is the chemotherapy not wanted, but it also comes with steep side effects that she must live with; the consequences of the involuntary treatment outweigh the chance that a person may survive - it is more important to respect a patient’s autonomy than to pursue a minimal, unwanted, questionable beneficence. A recent study reported on by Zosia Chustecka found that even eight years after the chemotherapy, “high-level fatigue was common”. Post chemotherapy there are changes that impact the quality of life of the

Brittany Maynard was a 29 year old woman who was suffering from stage four Glioblastoma Multiforme. This illness is serious form of brain cancer, that eventually determined her life (Shoichet). Throughout her struggle and

2. Brittany Maynard was 29 when she decided to proceed with assisted suicide. She had brain cancer and she could no longer tolerate the pain. “There is no treatment that would save my life, and the recommended treatments would have destroyed the time I had left” (Bever).

The fear of allowing her family to watch her die slowly and the fear of losing her ability to be able to be independent inspired her to make a difficult decision. Since then her condition has grown worse. Brittany Maynard suffered from severe headaches due to the medication she was taken to treat her health issue with her brain. "There was moments where she felt nauseated and had seizures. The seizures caused her to lose her ability to speak, and afterwards would be chatting nonsense" (Nicole, Tara, and Caitlin, 2014). Brittany decided to let the world know about her decision, and decided to move to Oregon to go through with the lethal

The article “Brittany Maynard Death With Dignity Advocate for ‘Death With Dignity’ Dies” by Catherine E. Shoichet delivers the story of Brittany Maynard. She was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2012 and was told she had from 3-10 years to live. However, in another diagnose that she had she was told she only had about six months to live. Maynard graduated from Berkeley and obtained a Masters in Education from the University of Irvine. She was a California resident and could not obtain her wish of dying with assisted suicide here. She moved to Oregon and there she became a resident. In 2014 Brittany Maynard consumed the drugs and peacefully died at 29 years.

The article “Brittany Maynard Death With Dignity Advocate for ‘Death With Dignity’ Dies” by Catherine E. Shoichet delivers the story of Brittany Maynard. She was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2012 and was told she had from 3-10 years to live. However, in another diagnose that she had she was told she only had about six months to live. Maynard graduated from Berkeley and obtained a Masters in Education from the University of Irvine. She was a California resident and could not obtain her wish of dying with assisted suicide here. She moved to Oregon and there she became a resident. In 2014 Brittany Maynard consumed the drugs and peacefully died at 29 years.

She doesn’t want to take chemotherapy because according to an article by The Atlantic "She has always—even years ago—said that if ever she had cancer she would not put poison into her body" Cassandra feels like chemotherapy will harm her body more than the cancer itself. In this case it is her opinion whether or not if she wants chemotherapy because it all depends on how you feel and if you're comfortable with making that agreement. There is a human right named The Right to Bodily Integrity, according to Lawcookies.com, Bodily Integrity means “to have the right to live without being physically harmed or harassed by others. No one can touch, hit, harm our bodies, or conduct medical testing on us without our

Brittany Maynard was a young woman in her twenties who received major news coverage over her decision to use euthanasia in order to end her brain-tumor-ridden life. After adventuring for months before the life-ending appointment, the terminally ill woman and her family moved to Oregon due to the state’s passage of the Death with Dignity law. On November 1st of 2014, Brittany Maynard received a fatal dose of barbiturates which ended her life while being surrounded by family and friends. She was 29 at time of her death (Egan, Fowler, & Keating,

Cancer is a deadly disease that has some very serious effects on a person both physically and mentally. Cancer can result in a simple surgery that may take only a couple days, or a life-long struggle that leaves someone so fatigued and tired that it makes them want to give up. It will put fear in anyone's eyes and will devastate even the strongest of people, but cancer can bring out the courageousness in a person to fight this disease and not give up. It can be a fatal disease but it can also bring out the strength in someone which is an amazing thing. Cancer has many serious effects on a person's body and their mental health and others, but can also inspire a person to dig deep and fight this disease

Brittany Maynard was diagnosed with an incurable brain tumor at the age of twenty-nine. She was given six months to live and the option of full brain radiation. If she chose to go with radiation, it could have caused her to experience the following: fatigue, nausea, memory loss, and speech loss. She began to research physician-assisted suicide and decided that it was the best choice she had left. Physician-assisted suicide is the act of a doctor ending a terminally ill patient’s life using lethal drugs. As of modern day, physician-assisted suicide is only legal in 6 states which include; Oregon, Montana, Washington, Vermont, California, and Colorado. Luckily, she lived near Oregon: one of the six states to have it legalized. She went through with it to end the suffering. More states should legalize physician-assisted suicide because it would let people who are terminally ill die with tranquility and dignity.

Brittany was educated by her doctor on the possible treatments which would prolong her life for a little amount of time. However, since her tumor was so large she would have to receive full head radiation where she would lose all her hair and be left with severe burns in her scalp. After talking with her family she decided that there would be no treatments to save her and that those treatments would worsen her life style. She considered dying in hospice care, meaning that she would refuse radiational treatment and live the rest of her days on morphine to lessen her pain. After realizing that morphine would make her suffer of personality changes and verbal and cognitive motion loss she decided to die while was she was young and was able to function on her own. She did not want her family to see her dying terribly ill at the hospice. Therefore, she decided to move to Oregon where she became educated on the topic and was able to contact a doctor to assist her with lethal medicine that she would self inject when she started feeling like her symptoms were unbearable in order to end her suffering. Giving her relief after

For years people have been looking for a cure for the devastating disease of cancer. Cancer is the third highest killer in the US with over 2,500,000 victims per year. Oncologists and scientists around the country are researching all forms of cancer in an effort to understand, treat, and ultimately defeat this disease. Already there have been numerous advances in the field, such as chemotherapy and gene therapy. One advance has been the use of a cell process known as apoptosis. By harnessing this normal cell process, scientists hope to have found an effective way to combat cancer.

Cancer is figured to be the second leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. With approximately 14 million new cases and 8.2 million cancer related deaths in 2012, alone .Why are so many people stuck suffering with this deadly disease? Millions of dollars have been invested into cancer research, yet there is no cure. Are these pharmaceutical companies focus on finding a cure for cancer or concentrating on elongated treatments in order to lengthen their pockets? We must first understand that cancer is big business earning huge profits. Nonetheless, the cancer industry is spending virtually zilch of its multi-billion dollar resources on effective prevention strategies, like dietary guidelines, exercise, natural remedies and herbs proven to cure cancer. Instead, it pours its money into treating cancer, not preventing or allaying it.

Cancer. We all know someone who has suffered from it or has passed away because of it. Cancer now affects one in every three people, and is the second highest cause of death in the United States. For decades, the medical community has been on the hunt for a cure for cancer, and have been subjected to intense ridicule from the public because of a lack of progression toward a possible cure. In recent years, many scientists, doctors, researchers, and the general public have come to believe that the cure for cancer is being suppressed because of this lack of progress. Those who say it is suppressed claim that the drugs used to treat cancer actually cause cancer, making a patient sicker and sicker. As a result, the patients are forced to spend

One of the many of the world's problems is sickness, but some diseases have no cure which can result in death. Cancer is a code we just can’t seem to crack and it has taken hundreds of thousands of lives. Everyone knows of someone who has died of or had cancer in their life. It’s a hard sickness to beat but many strong people do beat it, some being children. I have personally seen my family members go through this and of course, some didn’t make it out alive. If you have seen anyone who has cancer, you’ll see how it can take over your body, how that person doesn’t even look like themselves anymore.