BLAST CANCER is a program to save lives of cancer patients by automatically offering each newly diagnosed cancer patient the opportunity of receiving a qualified second opinion promptly and prior to any treatment. It will insure every patient of being treated correctly the first time and having the best chance of beating the disease. It will avoid the patient being embarrassed to ask or the physician being too self confident to offer.

The goal is to reduce cancer mortality with what we know today! Cancer is a unique disease - if you don't treat it properly the first time, often there is no second chance. It is an extremely complex disease, generally requiring treatment by multiple specialists. It is rarely diagnosed by an oncologist. The initial physician often fails to give the best possible treatment. (See Overview)

The patient is entitled to make an informed decision. Being told that nothing can be done, that surgery is required tomorrow or take these pills and come back in 90 days is not making an informed decision.  The cost of treating recurrent cancer because the patient was not properly treated the first time would exceed the cost of all the second opinions, and that certainly would not count the pain and suffering saved.(See Cost) As to a sufficient supply of manpower, after a difficult and confusing start, there is currently more than sufficient manpower to accomplish this goal. (See Viability)  Numerous top experts in this field are solidly behind this project. (See Comments)

This action will not only save lives,  it will reduce pain and suffering. It will improve the quality of life for all cancer patients diagnosed annually because they will know they got the best treatment the first time.