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Pre-Cancer- OverDiagnoses, OverTreatment?
Even the word pre-cancer can be terrifying. I read the fear in newly diagnosed patients writing in online groups daily. Let’s face it. The word cancer strikes fear into all who are diagnosed with
Continue readingDCIS and Overtreatment Therapies- Reduce Risk or Not?
There is considerable disagreement about the treatment of DCIS. Some believe that nearly everyone with DCIS, regardless of its characteristics, should be treated with either mastectomy or lumpectomy
Continue readingThyroid Cancer- Delay Treatment to Reduce Overtreatment
“These findings suggest that a substantial and growing part of the detected thyroid cancers are overdiagnosed and overtreated.” The argument for overdiagnosis and overtreatment of thyroid cancer
Continue readingDCIS: Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment?
The issue of DCIS and how it should be treated is extremely complex. In a Ralph Moss article titled “The Mammography Debate, Part I” DCIS is a topic of discussion. Questions that arise
Continue readingProstate Cancer? Avoid Overtreatment- Take These Steps Before Choosing Surgery or Radiation
…as many as 60% of men who have initial treatment for low-risk prostate cancer might not have required any therapy in their lifetimes. Most of these men will have at least one long-term adverse effect
Continue readingProstate Cancer- Low risk- Non-Toxic Therapies
Prostate cancer has three defining realities, in my experience. First, every man develops some prostate cancer if they live long enough. Second, conventional treatment, too often, results in difficult
Continue readingThyroid Cancer- Second Primary Cancers
“Mukherjee and colleagues sought to determine whether oncologists and hematologists were overtreating with RAI in cases of WDTC, and thus putting their patients at risk for Second Primary Cancers.
Continue readingPrevent Oral Mucositis in Nasopharyngeal Cancer
“For the first time, this study indicated that the probiotic combination had significantly enhanced the immunity of patients, reduced oral mucositis… Oral mucositis (OM) is what I call a “Rodney
Continue readingElderly Myeloma -To Treat or To ASCT?
Elderly multiple myeloma patients do not tolerate chemotherapy-related adverse events as well as younger patients, and they are rarely candidates for high-dose therapy (HDT). In December of 1995, upon
Continue readingRadiation for Bone Mets-
“Radiotherapy for painful bone metastases is a standard of care, but a new study that looked at earlier use of the modality had an unexpected result.” To say that local radiation therapy for
Continue readingCoQ10 for Heart Disease- Prostate Cancer?
By September the pain from the prostate cancer bone metastases were negligible and I had been doing serious biking most of the summer. Hello David. Here’s my history: Diagnosed in 1992 at age
Continue readingLow-Risk Prostate Cancer-Active Surveillance
“Active Surveillance” is based upon the prolonged natural history of low-risk prostate cancer and is an attempt to balance the risks and side effects of over-treatment against the possibility
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