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Posted 28 February 2014 - 11:21 AM

Another cancer diagnosis not to worry about

We have repeatedly discussed the problem of over-diagnosis and the consequences: treatment of cancers that would not harm the person in which they are found —
some breast and prostate cancers definitely fall into this category. A new study just published in JAMA Otolaryngology now extends this finding to thyroid cancer.


They examined the data on thyroid cancer incidence, type, tumor size and mortality, and found that the incidence (new cases) of thyroid cancer nearly tripled (from 4.9 to
14.3 cases per 100,000 persons) between those dates. While that certainly sounds like a frightening statistic, the authors also found that most of this increase was due to
an increase in papillary thyroid cancer — a type that is not deadly. Further, many of the tumors were too small to ever become life-threatening. In addition, they found
that the mortality rate from thyroid cancer had not increased between 1975 and 2009, which also suggests that the increased incidence was not due to deadly forms of
disease.

In their discussion, the authors note that the apparent epidemic of thyroid cancer in the United States does not “seem to be an epidemic of disease.” Instead, their data
indicate that the problem is over-diagnosis.


http://acsh.org/2014...iagnosis-worry/
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Posted 25 May 2014 - 09:04 AM

70% of Mastectomies Aren’t Necessary. But Women Have Them Anyway

Science says the treatment doesn’t lower risk of recurrence, but rates of the procedures continue to climb

In a new study published in JAMA Surgery, researchers say that 70% of women with breast cancer in one breast who decide to remove the other breast do so unnecessarily. In fact, only 10% of women diagnosed with breast cancer should consider such prophylactic mastectomy, say experts.


http://time.com/1083...ve-them-anyway/
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Posted 07 November 2014 - 07:03 AM

Cancer screenings, overdiagnosis and an “epidemic of treatment”

As ACSH’s Dr. Gil Ross has said before when discussing PSA screening, but also relevant to thyroid cancer screening, “The take-home message is clear: doctors, stop ordering routine PSAs, and talk your patients out of requesting them if they do.”

Dr. H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine at Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, discussed the “epidemic of diagnoses” of thyroid cancer occurring in South Korea.

The explanation for this epidemic is that the government initiated a screening program meant to detect such cancers earlier and reduce its toll. Since screening for thyroid cancer is so easily done — requiring merely an ultrasound of the neck – many hospitals and doctors began to do this screening routinely. And surprise – more thyroid cancers!

The fact of the matter is that many of those thyroid cancers diagnosed were small “papillary thyroid cancers,” which would not have been discovered during a person’s life. This results in needless stress and an “epidemic of treatment,” subjecting patients to lifelong thyroid replacement therapy, all for an irregularity that would not have affected the person’s health in the first place.

And then, of course, there’s prostate cancer screenings.


http://acsh.org/2014...emic-treatment/
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Posted 07 November 2014 - 09:56 AM

Maine man - how do you feel about a carcinogenic embryotic antigen test (CEA). I understand its a simple blood test and can pick up early stage cancers -= or at least indicate that further testing is needed.

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Posted 30 December 2014 - 03:09 PM

Pink Ribbons Inc -- The campaign against breast cancer & the corporate co-opting of what marketing experts have labeled a "dream cause."

Call it what it is: "feel-good" infantilization, numb and dumb corporate pablum.

The ubiquitous pink ribbons of breast cancer philanthropy - and the hand-in-hand marketing of brands and products associated with that philanthropy-- permeates our culture, providing assurance that we are engaged in a successful battle against this insidious disease.

But the campaign obscures the reality and facts of breast cancer - more and more women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year, and face the same treatment options they did 40 years ago.

Yet women are also the most influential market group, buying 80 percent of consumer products and making most major household purchasing decisions. So then who really benefits from the pink ribbon campaigns -- the cause or the company?

This dvd pops the shiny pink balloon of the breast cancer movement/industry, debunking the "comfortable lies" and corporate double-talk that permeate the massive and thus-far-ineffectual campaign against a disease that claims nearly 60,000 lives each year in North America alone. --John Anderson, Variety


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Posted 02 January 2015 - 11:53 AM

100 year old man says secret to long life is smoking and drinking.

Xu, Zhang has consumed 15 tons of liquor and more than a ton of tobacco in his lifetime.
Zhang, who is in good health, has a huge appetite, with a standard meal comprising two chicken legs, a bowl of steamed pork fat and glutinous rice, vegetables and fruit. And he eats the lot in less than 20 minutes.

My grandmother dipped snuff all of her life and died at 100 from old age.
My great grandfather died from throat cancer in his 80's. He chewed tobacco.
My mother-in-law died at 45 from ovarian cancer. She had been taking huge doses of estrogen and we blamed it for her death.
One of her daughters also developed ovarian cancer at 45. She did not take estrogen. Both she and her mother smoked.
Cause and effect is not always what we suspect or believe or have been told.
It is often just DNA.

Biological bad luck blamed in two-thirds of cancer cases...
The researchers said on Thursday random DNA mutations accumulating in various parts of the body during ordinary cell division are the prime culprits behind many cancer types.
They looked at 31 cancer types and found that 22 of them, including leukemia and pancreatic, bone, testicular, ovarian and brain cancer, could be explained largely by these random mutations - essentially biological bad luck.
Overall, they attributed 65 percent of cancer incidence to random mutations in genes that can drive cancer growth.
The study did not cover all cancer types. Breast and prostate cancer were excluded because the researchers were unable to ascertain reliable stem cell division rates.

Edited by Rogerdodger, 02 January 2015 - 12:04 PM.


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Posted 13 January 2015 - 10:38 AM

Wanna understand cancer better than the American Cancer Society?

The American Cancer Society is not a good source of info on cancer because they are too political and too oriented to raising money.

Here is the ACS dogma -> cancer is one-third caused by tobacco–(nonsense), one-third caused by food–(nonsense), and one-third caused by environmental toxins–(nonsense).


They fail to mention aging, one of the most important factors. Aging increases the risk of bad cell lines and the failure of the immune system to kill them.

Read the linked discussion about cell replication rates and the risk of an abnormal mitotic event causing aneuploidy and the introduction of a bad cell lines.

Imagine, cancer is a matter of bad luck, randomness & roll of the dice. Wellness and “healthy” eating and lifestyles espoused by our nannies probably don’t do much at all.





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Posted 29 January 2015 - 06:24 AM

Cancer screenings, overdiagnosis and an “epidemic of treatment”

As ACSH’s Dr. Gil Ross has said before when discussing PSA screening, but also relevant to thyroid cancer screening, “The take-home message is clear: doctors, stop ordering routine PSAs, and talk your patients out of requesting them if they do.”

Dr. H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine at Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, discussed the “epidemic of diagnoses” of thyroid cancer occurring in South Korea.

The explanation for this epidemic is that the government initiated a screening program meant to detect such cancers earlier and reduce its toll. Since screening for thyroid cancer is so easily done — requiring merely an ultrasound of the neck – many hospitals and doctors began to do this screening routinely. And surprise – more thyroid cancers!

The fact of the matter is that many of those thyroid cancers diagnosed were small “papillary thyroid cancers,” which would not have been discovered during a person’s life. This results in needless stress and an “epidemic of treatment,” subjecting patients to lifelong thyroid replacement therapy, all for an irregularity that would not have affected the person’s health in the first place.

And then, of course, there’s prostate cancer screenings.


http://acsh.org/2014...emic-treatment/


Incidence and Types of Thyroid Cancer

Papillary, Follicular, Medullary, and Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer

Papillary Thyroid Cancer

Most common type of thyroid cancer: 70% to 80% of all thyroid cancers are papillary thyroid cancer
Commonly diagnosed between the ages of 30 and 50
Females are affected 3 times more often than males
Usually not aggressive
May spread, but usually not beyond the neck
Papillary cells resemble finger-like projections
Tumor development can be related to radiation exposure, such as radiation treatments for acne or adenoid problems as a child

Follicular Thyroid Cancer

Makes up about 10% to 15% of all thyroid cancers
Often diagnosed between the ages of 40 and 60
Females are affected 3 times more often than males
Cancer cells may invade blood vessels and travel to other body parts such as bone or lung tissues
Follicular cells are sphere-shaped
Can be more aggressive in older patients

Medullary Thyroid Cancer


http://www.endocrine...-thyroid-cancer
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Posted 19 May 2015 - 02:52 PM

The federal government has charged four sham cancer charities for bilking more than $187 million from consumers for cars, trips, luxury cruises and even dating site memberships.

Two of the charities, Children's Cancer Fund of America and Breast Cancer Society, reached settlements with the federal government. The charities will be dissolved and executives from each charity will be banned from fundraising and oversight of charitable assets.


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Posted 17 June 2015 - 10:18 AM

Cancer is a process like inflammation, not a disease like pneumonia.

The depth and level of misunderstanding of cancer has created a situation wide-open to exploitation - and it surely has been exploited!

Basic cancer research is about the biology of a pathological process, which is vague, complex and obscure - and as remote from curing disease or helping sick people as research about the biology of 'infections' or the incredible intricacies of the immune system.

Infection is part of the condition of life on earth; so is cancer. Cancer is not going-away.


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