I really question the overall accuracy of this article.
1) Not prescribing hormones to post-menopausal women has caused a drastic reduction in breast cancer.
2) HPV vaccines are going to cause cervical cancers to drop like a rock.
I can go on about other things, but we're definitely winning against cancer overall. And there are a lot more preventative things like these that are in the pipe.
Now, if you want argue that our treatments once you get diagnosed with cancer still suck, I'm far more sympathtic. Chemotherapy is still hell unless you luck out and have one of the magic receptors.
However, simply being a gadfly is insufficient. You also need to propose how to improve the situation. And this article shows absolutely nothing on that front.
> HRT was supposed to (among other things) reduce breast cancer incidence.
"among other things" wasn't a small group.
HRT was suppposed to stave off osteoporosis, many forms of heart disease, help with obesity and diabetes, and ameliorate lots of menopause symptoms (hot flashes, brain fogs, etc.).
The fact that it made breast cancer worse overrode all of those.
> That's the theory and hope. Has it been actually observed yet?
My partner got diagnosed with cervical cancer two years ago, and there is high likelihood of HPV having been the culprit. One year after chemo- and radiotherapy she is cancer free.
She had her treatment in Europe, so contrary to the article's claims, she did not go bankrupt. In fact she did not have to pay much more than a small administrative fee (~150$).
She had missed the mass national child vaccination campaign against HPV by just a couple of years, and so never got vaccinated.
If you are a parent, please, look into if vaccinating your child (both sexes benefit for the vaccination) against HPV is possible. If you are not yet sexually active, please look into getting a vaccine for your self.
It is one of the only actual preventitive cures for a specific cancer type we have, and we do not celebrate that fact nearly enough.
1) Not prescribing hormones to post-menopausal women has caused a drastic reduction in breast cancer.
2) HPV vaccines are going to cause cervical cancers to drop like a rock.
I can go on about other things, but we're definitely winning against cancer overall. And there are a lot more preventative things like these that are in the pipe.
Now, if you want argue that our treatments once you get diagnosed with cancer still suck, I'm far more sympathtic. Chemotherapy is still hell unless you luck out and have one of the magic receptors.
However, simply being a gadfly is insufficient. You also need to propose how to improve the situation. And this article shows absolutely nothing on that front.