How many people don't finish their chemo regimen?

LivinginNH said:

Yup
You're right, they are

Yup

You're right, they are just guessing.  Rick's HIPEC surgeon once candidly told me that the oncologists have a list of available drugs, and they usually start with Folfox (for insurance reasons-it's the first line drug), then when that fails, they work their way down the list by then adding Avastin, if that doesn't work, they move on to Folfiri and/or with Avastin, until there's nothing left to try.  So, basically, ANYONE can be an oncologist from his description of their job!!  And that's pretty much the way I saw it too, but he just confirmed it for me.  I'll never forget the last appointment we had at Dana Farber.  After Folfiri failed, Rick's oncologist simply stated, (with a smile mind you), "Well, there's nothing left for me to give you, so we're all done here.  Take care."  And that was it.

That is just...beyond awful