After watching her husband, Dr. Harvey Preisler, die from lymphoma, Dr. Azra Raza vowed to speak openly about the brutality of cancer.

From the NEW YORK POST

• By SUSANNAH CAHALAN | OCTOBER 26, 2019

When oncologist and cancer researcher Har, vey Preisler was diagnosed with lymphoma in 1998, he wanted one person to oversee his care.

“I trust only your judgment,” Dr. Preisler told his wife, Dr. Azra Raza, an oncologist.

Despite her hesitations, from that moment on Raza became the point person for her husband’s care. The two, who lived in Chicago, pored over MRIs, blood reports and treatment options. Though they shared an unrivaled expertise with years of clinical experience, nothing could prepare them for the horrors that cancer inflicts.

I have been studying and treating cancer for 35 years, and here’s what I know about the progress made in that time: There has been far less than it appears. Despite some advances, the treatments for most kinds of cancer continue to be too painful, too damaging, too expensive and too ineffective. The same three methods—surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy—have prevailed for a half-century. Read more