Millions Wrongly Treated for ’Cancer,’ National Cancer Institute Panel Confirms

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publicerad 4 augusti 2013
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A devastating new report commissioned by the National Cancer Institute reveals that our 40-year long ’War on Cancer’ has been waged against a vastly misunderstood ’enemy, ’ that in many cases represented no threat to human health whatsoever.

This week, a National Cancer Institute commissioned panel’s report published in JAMA online confirmed that we all – public and professionals alike – should stop calling low-risk lesions like DCIS and high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (HGPIN) ’cancer.’

The practice of oncology in the United States is in need of a host of reforms and initiatives to mitigate the problem of overdiagnosis and overtreatment of cancer, according to a working group sanctioned by the National Cancer Institute.

Perhaps most dramatically, the group says that a number of premalignant conditions, including ductal carcinoma in situ and high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia, should no longer be called ”cancer.”

Instead, the conditions should be labeled something more appropriate, such as indolent lesions of epithelial origin (IDLE), the working group suggests. The Viewpoint report was published online July 29 in JAMA.

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