The doctor&#x27;s response to the question if he&#x27;d recommend her mother to go through cancer treatment reminded me a lot of <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=3313570" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=3313570</a> [How Doctors Die]... why is the standard answer still to make people suffer for extending their life just a few months or years?