"With the treatments available today, it is possible to hit the disease for a six."
Whereas two decades ago cancer specialists had only mutilating surgeries, highly toxic chemicals or radiotherapy treatments based on a cobalt source to offer their patients, today not only have these treatments been greatly refined but treatments that target specific genetic mutations in the cell, hormonal treatments and immunotherapy all have a role to play and have made cancer less of a death threat. The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : The good news about cancer
Though it is true that there are still cancers that are more intractable and difficult to treat than others, let us remember that we are today in the golden age of cancer treatment. So Yuvraj Singh has a number of factors working in his favour.
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