/oss/taxonomy/term/1891/all en /oss/article/cancer-controversial-science-health-news/leukemia-needs-chemotherapy-not-live-enzyme-treatment <p>Do parents have a right to make a decision about how a minor’s cancer is to be treated? Or not treated? This is not just a hypothetical question, it is a very current one. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is a bone marrow cancer that untreated leads to death but with appropriate chemotherapy has an over 90% cure rate. The parents of an eleven year old Canadian girl have decided to end the recommended treatment before it was completed in favour of a “natural” therapy, stating that this was more in line with their native traditions.</p> Sun, 12 Oct 2014 13:39:16 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 2203 at /oss