1. Chemo: A treatment that could wind up giving you (another) cancer

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/06/chemo-a-treatment-that-could-wind-up-giving-you-another-cancer/258498/

In Elaine Schattner's article of June 15, 2012, "Chemo: A treatment that could wind up giving you (another) cancer", she reveals that chemotherapy, a treatment, may lead a patient with cancer to have another cancer. Schattner starts out the article with the example of Robin Roberts, a celebrity with breast cancer, which underwent this treatment. Roberts went through eight cycles of chemotherapy and her cancer was cured, but, later, found out that she had a blood disorder in the bone marrow and the cause of this dease was the therapy. The blood disorder could lead to other serious diseases, such as leukemia, and many side effects. Schnattner ends with the example of the celebrity by showing how Roberts is hanging on and preparing  for her bone marrow transplant.


Elaine Schattner  writes this article to warn patients of the consequences of this therapy. Patients normally don't know about the consequences or they are too desperate about their current situation and forgets to think about the risks. The doctors have the responsibility to clearly state the effects of the chemotherapy and tell the patient about the possibility of having another cancer. The patients also have the responsibility to hear and understand the risks of the therapy.  The author is able to write about the treatment which can be directed not only to patients and doctors, but other people that are related. Elaine Schnatter, in her article, clearly revealed the problem behind chemotherapy.