Cancer screenings not worth much?

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[douglassreport.com]

American Cancer Society does a double take

" Overpromised " and " exaggerated " … Those are words I never

thought I'd hear about the benefits of cancer screenings.

Yet that's exactly what the chief medical officer of the American Cancer

Society told the New York Times recently.

Yes, believe it or not, the American Cancer Society is reworking its

position on early screening for breast and prostate cancer.

" I'm admitting that American medicine has overpromised when it comes to

screening. The advantages to screening have been exaggerated, " Dr. Otis

Brawley, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, told the

Times.

Whoops! Try explaining that to the thousands who followed the " early

detection " advice into unnecessary early treatments, and are now living

with the effects.

Of course, you know that this is exactly what I've been telling you all

along. Too bad no one listened to me years ago. It would have saved

millions of Americans from needless, painful and expensive surgeries.

As always, unless you have a real reason, do what I've advised all

along: Don't bother with cancer screenings.

That's mainstream advice now.

Screening the screeners,

s II, M.D.

Read more:

Why Cancer Screening May Not Save Your Life | Newsweek...

http://www.newsweek.com/id/218912?from=rss