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  I have a friend who was dying of cancer who took chemo and she's been in remission for the last 6 years. So it works unlike bloodletting so I'm sure about this man.
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  Maybe, but unlike bloodletting there is actual scientific evidence to support the efficacy of chemotherapy. >
  
  Agree, but even the past generations thought bloodletting is scientifically sound. Who knows, in the future there's more research where they show chemotherapy is worse than we thought.