Looks like Angelina may have done it for nothing. Her fear took over, probably because of her not having any faith.Double mastectomy ‘doesn’t boost chance of surviving cancer’: Women who have less drastic surgery live just as long
They’re comparing apples to oranges, to save money. Women whose breast cancer was detected early enough to benefit from a lumpectomy had the same survival rate as women whose cancer was detected later and had to get a mastectomy.
If you’re diagnosed with cancer, you can either fight it or surrender to it. It makes no sense to tease it with a half assed approach to treatment.
When I was diagnosed with lung cancer, it took me no time at all to agree to have the lung removed. It would take me even less time to agree to part with my breasts. But that’s from the patient’s perspective. The insurance company would be thrilled if I had opted for a cheaper course.
As we descend deeper and deeper into socialized medicine, I see more and more studies claiming that early detection and aggressive treatment are a waste of money.
So says another fargin “study” paid for by who? NOBODY does these studies for free.
Who is willing to bet their life on a “researcher” like the ones who told us that butter was bad and margarine was good? I can continue to name a long list of “bonafide studies” that have all turned out to be jut more junk science paid for by some company or group to give the edge to their product. Dupont and Dow are notoriously famous for this.
My wife doesn’t have enough fingers to count the women she knows who opted for the lumpectomy only to have another one show up. It took her about five minutes to make the decision to go double and she has never regretted that decision.
More Horse Hillary Health Care Rationing Propaganda. Brought to you by? The Corporate Board of HMO’s most likely. A couple months ago it was Propaganda on Prostate Cancer discouraging early detection and treatment. Just Die Already Damnit/sarcasm
It always sounded like an insane thing to do. I heard about this double breast chop before AJ got it done
Professor Kefah Mokbel, who is based at St George’s Hospital, South London, said in May that over the past ten years there have been increasing requests for double mastectomies and reconstruction from young women diagnosed with cancer in one breast.
He said: ‘They want to minimise the risk, but the study shows women who do not have a genetic predisposition or family history are being over-treated.’
The entire cancer industry is a racket.
FYI: Here's a link to the original article in the Journal of the American Medical Association: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1900491
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Jolie was only trying to prevent, not cure. That is different from the thrust of this “study”.
I know nothing about her faith, but I do understand her decision, since she got a positive on the BRAC 1 and 2 test.
I got a negative. So I didn’t have a mastectomy, two years ago. Now I have cancer again then. But armed with the knowledge that I am not genetically predisposed to breast cancer, I’m still keeping my left breast. And I’m keeping it unless and until I get cancer in it!!!