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Surgery saves far more lives from cancer than drugs

Dr Doctor | 07.08.2008 21:32 | Animal Liberation | Bio-technology | Health

The President of the Royal College of Surgeons has said that more research money should be spent on improving surgical techniques than inventing new drugs which don't work.

The President of the Royal College of Surgeons has said that 50% of all cancer cures come from surgery not from animal tested drugs. Drugs provide on 20% of survivals with remaining 30% from radiotherapy.

If the money wasted on testing cancer drugs on animals was instead used to develop better surgical techniques cancer survival rate would improve dramatically. This is a message Big Pharma does not want people to hear.

Instead Big Pharma exploit frightened patients and their families into pressuring the NHS to buy their overpriced potions which don't work.

Full article here:  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2518523/Surgery-saves-more-lives-from-cancer-than-drugs.html

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  1. cancer research — Steve