What is the success rate of chemotherapy?

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The success rate of chemotherapy is not very low. It's actually very high in certain cancers. You can't lump all cancer together. Hematological cancers, for example, respond very well to chemotherapy nowadays. read more

Make sure you look at the tables on page 3 and 4. These tables show the survival rate in the US and Australia, with chemo treatments, for each type of cancer. You will notice that the survival rate for some cancers after chemo treatment has a dash (-). That means ZERO effectiveness of chemotherapy toward 5-year survival. read more

Breast and Prostate cancer showed an 85% success at 4 years out. Traditional chemotherapy has 2.1% success rate at 5 years out. Another study conducted by HST Global, Inc, found a 75% success rate with Stage IV Breast Cancers. read more