Researchers from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, suggest that some of the cancers detected by mammography may have spontaneously regressed had they not been discovered and treated.
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=43391
A somewhat controversial and inconclusive study by Norwegian researchers may not make tests for cancer redundant but it is something females should be aware of. The coincidence is uncanny.
Last week, I was chatting with a lady friend, bouncing ideas on my belief that cancer cells could at times grow or go into remission naturally. This raises questions on whether aggressive intervention and treatment are always suitable for every patient diagnosed with malignant tumour.
Even those who are at risk of developing cancer are advised to be treated with drugs or low dosage of chemotheraphy. In the cases of some friends, now deceased, the cancer cells spread more rapidly in spite of or due to surgery and radio or chemo theraphies.
There are still many unknowns in this area. To the individual patient, it could be a matter of trial and error, if not stabbing in the dark.
Some scientists I have spoken to are not convinced current treatments are calibrated to yield beneficial and effective results for patients. The course of treatment and recovery can be quite painful and undignified too.
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