Chemotherapy for cancer? Surprisingly, for most cancers, it should be avoided. Read why for free in the chapter “Treatment of cancer” in my book, “Survival in an overmedicated world: look up the evidence yourself”: https://bit.ly/2IqXlfR #cancer
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May I suggest you open an oncology clinic, practice your suggestions, and publish the results?
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Replying to @JHowardBrainMD @PGtzsche1
IKR? Breast cancer mortality, for instance, has declined nearly 40% in three decades, thanks to, among other things, improvements in systemic therapies, including chemotherapy.
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Doctors in cancer treatment often say that like you. But, you have forgotten to consider about lead time bias and increase in overdiagnosis caused by the spread of cancer screening. That decline cancer mortality ostensibly.
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I checked the article you cited, however it still be misleading that Dr Gorski posted “40%”. “Breast cancer mortality” includes both of the mortality. (breast cancer diagnosed with some symptoms or detected by screening). And still remains an important issue of lead time bias.
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We are both aware of these biases and have both written about them- though nothing original in my case.
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That's why I emphasize: *Mortality* has decreased. Lead time and length biases due to screening affect 5 and 10 year survival statistics. Mortality statistics are not affected by these biases. I explained this issue 7 years ago and several times since.https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/cancer-care-in-the-u-s-versus-europe/ …
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I also discussed the matter some more here.https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/screening-for-disease-in-people-without-symptoms-the-reality/ …
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