Court forcing 16 yr old with cancer into chemo

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Since he doesn't want to die (apparently) it is hard to see how the treatment could be worse than the disease, which will certainly kill him.

I was thinking of his reaction to chemotherapy, and how hard it can be on the body:

He was so debilitated by three months of chemotherapy that he declined a second, more intensive round that doctors recommended early this year.

I agree that his Hoxsey method and radiation probably won't be worse than the disease (I hope).