The issue: Advances in screening and diagnosis are sending some cancer patients down aggressive treatment paths that they shouldn’t be on. In the United States, up to 25 per cent of newly diagnosed breast cancer patients are undergoing the aggressive procedure. Not only are we unearthing too many cancers that should be left alone, but some “cancer” patients may have conditions that may not be cancer at all, in modern terms. We also examine the business of cancer, and the much-hyped new cancer drugs that often do little to lengthen the lives of patients. “If it’s not cancer, why do three per cent of patients die?”Esserman says no one is doing things to intentionally cause harm.

Source: National Post May 03, 2017 18:00 UTC