1 out of 4 breast cancers 'not life threatening', says Oz study

Full story: Newkerala.com

Melbourne, Nov 11 : A new Australian study has suggested that almost one in four invasive breast cancers in women of ages between 50 to 69 years is not fatal.

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Gail Perry

Spring Hill, FL

"'Some of those early-diagnosed cases would not manifest clinically during that woman's lifetime,' ABC Online quoted Morrell, as saying."

WOW.

And exactly how are they going to determine which of these women will live long enough to die of breast cancer, and which ones will die of something else first?

Who wants to sign up for this new form of Russian Roulette? Not me!

Gail Perry

Spring Hill, FL

PS -- This has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WHATSOEVER to do with "over-diagnosing."

What this is saying is that 75% of the time, breast cancer IS life-threatening. What other disease would we say is over-diagnosed because it's only life-threatening 75% of the time???

It's absurd. What is the matter with these researchers????

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