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I found an interesting article about how misleading cancer screening accuracy and statistics can be. The old saying is that there are lies, damned lies, and statistics.

The article says that Rudy Giuliani cited data comparing prostate cancer statistics from Britain versus those from the United States. The report said that in Britain, 44% of men diagnosed with prostate cancer were alive 5 years, and that in the US, about 81% of these men were alive 5 years later. He then concluded that the 5 year survival rate for prostate cancer in the US was about twice as high as that in England. continue reading…

It has been reported that rectal cancer rates in people under 40 years of age have been steadily rising for the last 20 years.  Cancer researchers and scientists say that they are baffled about this, and have no real idea of why this is the case.

Colon cancer, and related rectal cancer, are thought to have similar risk factors, but colon cancer rates have been constant while rectal cancer rates have grown by about 4% per year.  This was reported in the journal Cancer.  What is most disconcerting is that scientists have absolutely no idea why this is the case.  Rectal cancer rates in older population segments have been increasing as well, but this increase is probably due to more frequent cancer screenings which leads to more cases being diagnosed. continue reading…

Award-winning Professor of Medicine, Dr. Samuel Epstein speaks out on the truth about the American Cancer Society (ACS).  This video is about 5 minutes.

He starts by talking about how laden women’s cosmetics and many widely-used skin care products are full of carcinogenic chemicals that are readily absorbed through the skin. continue reading…

There appears to be a lot of controversy surrounding the issue of PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) testing and screening for men.  Some experts think that it is a beneficial. Others claim that it is causing the treatment of too many men, some of which would not really benefit from it.  This issue is very emotionally charged because of the side-effects that can be very detrimental to a man’s self-esteem and sex life.

Everyone recognizes that an earlier diagnosis of a malignant, aggressive cancer is good.  The problem is that many prostate cancers are slow-growing or are not life-threatening.  It is reported that as men age, many of them show evidence of growths in the prostate gland.  continue reading…