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Life for us is very precious and we all try our best to make it a joyful ride. We enjoy all the small and big moments of our life and at the same time stand strong against the most devastating times. But is this similar for each and every one of us? Not exactly, as life for us might seems to be easy at many points while for many others it is a battle that they have been trying to win every day. Especially for those suffering from the devastating diseases such as the cancer, arthritis, etc. life is a battle that they fight every day. However, with the increasing number of researches and inventions in the medical field, things might have become somewhat easier for those suffering from the disease.
Doctors need to treat the patients individually based on the seriousness of their disease. Every patient is distinct from the others and so, the cancer they suffer from also differs to that suffered from the other patients. Some may have a different type of cancer which further might be located at some distinct place of the body and might possibly be of a different size. Thus, every patient needs to be treated in a distinct individual manner based on their history and the cancer they are suffering from. Hence, more the number of drugs being invented for the varied types of cancer more are the chances to save the life of large number of people.
Chemotherapy as we know is one of the most highly followed therapy to treat cancer. But, many a times the therapy does not act positively on the patients and is not able to treat them from this fatal disease. Thus finally, the last tool to save the life of the patients is entirely dependent on the newly discovered drugs. These new cancer drugs are prescribed by the doctors based on the patient’s conditions and seriousness. But these new cancer prescribed drugs are not easily available and even if they are, they are found to be extremely costly which can’t be afforded by many people. For instance, the last line of defense for the patients suffering from breast cancer is Herceptin. This drug is most effective and cures you of the breast cancer you are suffering. However, to get completely cured you need about 6 vials of the medicine and each vial costs about Rs 1, 09,200. Thus, the high cost of the medicine makes it extremely restricted in use by people. The normal middleclass families fail to afford such costly medications and thus try to take the other cheaper and illegal drugs that might have a few positive effects on the patients but condition of the patient suffering from cancer, there are also other medications which includes of the other effective drugs such as exemestane and tamoxifen that are given to women suffering from breast cancer. The drug interactions in the body with the cancerous cells help in reducing the death rate of the patients. Similarly, another medicine named as Aromasin is also an anti-cancer drug given to the patients suffering from cancer. But due to the high cost and the unavailability of these medications, people still die of these cancers.