{"id":4586,"date":"2016-10-07T08:43:12","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T12:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=4586"},"modified":"2016-10-07T08:43:26","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T12:43:26","slug":"for-cancer-patients-newest-treatments-force-the-ultimate-decision-with-no-room-for-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=4586","title":{"rendered":"For cancer patients, newest treatments force the ultimate decision, with no room for error"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Bob Tedeschi for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p>GAINESVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Three weeks earlier she\u2019d been done. Done with the chemo and the uncertainty and the fatigue that pinned her to a bed where her husband found her sobbing after he put the boys to sleep. \u201cWhen can I just pull the plug?\u201d she asked. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2016\/10\/06\/immunotherapy-cancer-clinical-trials\/\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading article here&#8230;..<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4372\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png\" alt=\"stat-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Bob Tedeschi for STAT) GAINESVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Three weeks earlier she\u2019d been done. Done with the chemo and the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-health-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4587,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4586\/revisions\/4587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}