From Deadly Mustard Gas to Deadly “Medicine”
Chemotherapy Causes Death
- 15,000 people die every year because of cancer treatments, Lord Saatchi says – The Telegraph
- Chemotherapy causes death in more than 25% of cancer patients – PharmaTimes
- Chemotherapy warning as hundreds die from cancer-fighting drugs – The Telegraph
- Landmark Study Shows Half of Cancer Patients are Killed by Chemo — NOT Cancer – The Free Thought Project
Causes Cancer to Spread
- Can chemotherapy make cancer worse? – The Week
- Chemo Creates Leaky Blood Vessels Helping Cancer Cells To Spread – Technology Networks
- Chemo helps breast cancer cells get their ‘foot in the door’ to the lungs – Ohio State University
- Chemo ‘undermines itself’ through rogue response – BBC News
- Chemotherapy Can Inadvertently Encourage Cancer Growth – Medical News Today
- Chemotherapy could cause breast cancer to spread and affect a new part of the body, research finds – MEAWW
- Chemotherapy could cause cancer to SPREAD and grow back even more aggressive, new study claims – Daily Mail Online
- Chemotherapy could spread cancer cells and lead to more advanced tumours, says study – The Independent
- Chemotherapy may spread cancer and trigger more aggressive tumours, warn scientists – The Telegraph
- Double-Edged Sword- Killing Cancer Cells can also Drive Tumor Growth – Newswise
- Shock study: Chemotherapy can backfire, make cancer worse by triggering tumor growth – New York Daily News
- Study Claims Chemo Could Cause Cancer To Spread And Become More Aggressive – LADbible
- Study Shows Chemotherapy Induces Cellular Aging, Which Promotes Side Effects, Cancer Relapse – UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
- Study Uncovers Previously Unrecognized Effect of Chemotherapy – National Cancer Institute
- Yet again, research shows chemo can make your cancer worse – CANCERactive
“Chemobrain”
- Cancer treatment’s invisible side effect – Baltimore Sun
- Cancer treatment’s invisible side effect – Orlando Sentinel
- Chemobrain: 1 in 3 breast cancer survivors suffer from cognitive impairment – Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology – University of Adelaide
- ‘ChemoBrain- How cancer therapies can affect – EurekAlert!
- ‘Chemo brain’ lasts for months in many breast cancer survivors – Chicago Tribune
- ‘Chemobrain’ Is Real — and More Likely With Certain Drugs – Time
- Chemobrain: Getting Through the Fog – LBBC
- Chemotherapy Causes Delayed Severe Neural Damage, Study Shows – ScienceDaily
- Chemobrain: The Impact of Chemotherapy on Cognition – Psychology Today
- UR Study Reveals Chemo’s Toxicity to Brain, Possible Treatment – URMC
- What causes ‘chemobrain’- It’s time for neuroscientists to get serious about finding out, experts say – Los Angeles Times
- Which chemotherapy drug causes the worst ‘chemobrain’? – Medical News Today
Doctors Gaslighting Patients
- ‘Chemobrain’ likely caused by cancer, not drugs – NBC News
- Coping With Chemo Brain – The New York Times
- For years, patient complaints about the cognitive losses that seemed to follow cancer treatment were dismissed by doctors, who blamed memory problems on aging or the fatigue of illness. But more recently, many doctors are finally acknowledging chemo brain as a legitimate and vexing after-effect of chemotherapy.
- Doctors are finding it harder to deny “Chemobrain” – The Virginian-Pilot
- Scientists Confirm ‘Chemobrain’ Is Real, Patients Find Validation – STLPR
- Scientists Find ‘Chemo Brain’ No Figment Of The Imagination — ScienceDaily
Adverse Effects
- Chemotherapy Harms: Why More Chemotherapy Isn’t Always Better – Time
- Does end-of-life chemotherapy do more harm than good? New study finds gruelling treatment can give cancer patients WORSE quality of life than going without – Daily Mail
- Study: Chemo doesn’t help end-stage cancer patients – USA Today
- Study: Chemo hurts patients with end-stage cancer – Vox
Academic Papers
Cause Death
Causes Cancer to Spread
- Chemotherapy exacerbates ovarian cancer cell migration and cancer stem cell-like characteristics through GLI1 – British Journal of Cancer – Nature
- Chemotherapy-Induced Changes in the Lung Microenvironment: The Role of MMP-2 in Facilitating Intravascular Arrest of Breast Cancer Cells – MDPI
- Chemotherapy-Induced Metastasis: Molecular Mechanisms, Clinical Manifestations, Therapeutic Interventions – Cancer Research
- Does Chemotherapy Induce Metastases? – PMC – NCBI
- Neoadjuvant chemotherapy induces breast cancer metastasis through a TMEM-mediated mechanism – Science
- Paradoxical effects of chemotherapy on tumor relapse and metastasis promotion – ScienceDirect
Chemical Weapon
- Nitrogen mustard: The origin of chemotherapy for cancer – International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
- Nitrogen mustard- The origin of chemotherapy for cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology-Biology-Physics – Sci-Hub
“Chemobrain”
- Either Called “Chemobrain” or “Chemofog,” the Long-Term Chemotherapy-Induced Cognitive Decline in Cancer Survivors Is Real – Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
- Long-Term Chemotherapy-Induced Cognitive Decline Is Real – PracticeUpdate
Decreases Quality of Life
Leukemia
- Association of Chemotherapy for Solid Tumors With Development of Therapy-Related Myelodysplastic Syndrome or Acute Myeloid Leukemia in the Modern Era – JAMA
- Risk of Leukemia after Chemotherapy and Radiation Treatment for Breast Cancer – NEJM
Thromboembolism