chemotherapy
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A Bomb Of Poison
a: Chemotherapy ~
b: an exploding bomb
What: Standard chemotherapy is like an exploding bomb, creating collateral damage to the organism, while IPT, when combined with integrative and functional medicine therapy, is a lifeline to help restore physical function and enable the body to heal.
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Writer: Martha M. Grout, MD,
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Date: Apr 13 2013 4:37 PM
# 2708 Critique Analogy
Backward It Is For It.....
a: Chemotherapy ~
b: a Victorian novel in reverse
What: "In the Victorian novel, the killer poisons the victim little by little, so the victim gets sicker and sicker. The doctor is perplexed and goes away, and the patient dies, apparently of natural causes. In chemotherapy, the doctor poisons the victim little by little so the victim gets sicker and sicker. The killer (cancer) is perplexed and goes away, the patient lives, hopefully for his or her natural lifetime." There is a discussion of this in the link....
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Writer: Jerry Okungu
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Date: Apr 13 2013 4:40 PM
# 2709 Critique Analogy
A Monster With Poison Fangs....
a: Chemotherapy ~
b: monster
What: "Let's say chemotherapy is like a monster and in order to get to the bad cancer cells and attack those cells and get rid of them along the way it's gonna run into some good fast growing cells."
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Writer: Marisa:
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Date: Apr 13 2013 4:43 PM
# 2710 Critique Analogy
It Goes All Over The Place
a: Chemotherapy ~
b: carpet bombing
What: "If systemic chemotherapy is like carpet bombing and antibodies act like guided missiles, then ADCs are the laser-guided atomic bombs of the anti-cancer world. "I think it will open up a whole area of disease treatment that has just been completely untreated," says Martin. "In other words, it's a completely unmet need."
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Writer: Chris Lo
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Date: Apr 13 2013 4:47 PM
# 2711 Critique Analogy
Crude Therapies
a: Chemotherapy ~
b: barbers in the middle ages
What: "Cancer chemotherapy is like the barbers in the middle ages, It can be very crude."
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Writer: Susan Bane
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Apr 13 2013 4:49 PM
# 2712 Critique Analogy
The Shotgun Approach To Healing....
a: Chemotherapy ~
b: birdshot
What: "In the fight against cancer, chemotherapy is like birdshot, says Tyrone Porter: it attacks the tumor, but also assaults many other things, causing side effects like hair loss, nausea, and vomiting."
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Writer: Dr. Tyrone Porter
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Date: Apr 13 2013 4:52 PM
# 2713 Critique Analogy
Round Up For Your Cells?
a: Chemotherapy ~
b: a weed spray
What: "Chemotherapy is like a weed spray. The goal is to kill all the weeds and stop them from coming back without killing the grass underneath it. Next week they will sample Ainsley's bone marrow again to see the weed/lawn levels. The fact that Ainsley's platelets and ANC have improved so much shows that the lawn is regrowing and the weeds are retreating."
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Writer: Jenny
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Date: Apr 13 2013 4:56 PM
# 2714 Critique Analogy

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