I have been reporting about a new and accurate lung cancer screening test that uses low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) for a few years now. It is like a CAT scan. And chest physicians have come [...]
Category: Cancer screening
“Fake” cancer diagnoses on the rise
We have heard a lot about “fake news” lately. And, sad to say, the problems of fake reporting apply to health and medicine as well. In fact, one recent headline said that the National Cancer [...]
New research questions 40 years of routine mammography
Research shows routine mammography doesn’t prevent deaths from breast cancer, as I have been reporting for years. The latest study appeared in the “gold standard” of medical journalism, the New [...]
Lung cancer screening increases survival to nearly 90 percent
The mainstream cancer industry relentlessly pushes dangerous, inappropriate and ineffective screenings for breast cancer, colon cancer, and even skin cancer, as I reported last time. But when it [...]
One more skin cancer myth “exposed”
This month, you may expose a little more skin than usual at the beach, lake or poolside. So, appropriately enough, I thought I’d take a moment to “expose” another skin cancer myth. Last month, [...]
How mammograms created 1.3 million cases of “cancer” out of thin air
Thirty years ago, several of the main pillars supporting the U.S. cancer industry began to crumble. Of course, the cancer industry tried its best to keep the evidence buried and out of sight. But [...]
FDA drops important recall in dangerous endoscope fiasco
I have been warning you about the many dangers associated with “routine” colonoscopy screenings for colon cancer. Colonoscopy is an especially poor choice when you compare it to all the safe, [...]
Cancer screening, “early detection,” and the Emperor’s New Clothes
President Richard Nixon declared the “war on cancer” in 1971. Yet cancer rates have generally gone up ever since. Of course, as in all wars, the declaration of war on cancer just signaled, “let [...]
Do cancer screenings make any difference?
Yesterday, I exposed the lack of “standards of care” when it comes to cancer screening recommendations for breast cancer, cervical cancer, and colorectal cancer. The quality of the screenings [...]
No real “standards of care” when it comes to cancer screenings
According to a new editorial published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, there is little consensus about how often men and women should undergo “routine” cancer screenings. In [...]