Scientists who have proposed a controversial theory that surgery to remove a breast tumor may actually help the cancer to spread said Wednesday that their ideas may also explain why black women have been more likely to die of breast cancer in the past.
"I must say that I am sure there is more to this than just a myth," said Michael Retsky of Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. His latest hypothesis, which he admits is not supported by any new direct research, is published in the International Journal of Surgery.
He stressed that any woman with breast cancer should get the tumor removed. And he noted that in the United States, the women who could be considered at risk of having their cancer spread now get chemotherapy anyway, which would stop cancer's spread.
I think that it has gotten to the point where everyone is now cautious about breast cancer and aware and that is good to know. But what they are saying here seems a little hokey but probably holds some truth.
But I think it has gotten so that scientists are always looking for new theories and ways to deal with this serious and life taking sickness. And right now, chemotherapy is the best thing we have got, so it is being used widely.
But as science advances, so should theories and open mindedness, so this shows that scientists are not wanting to be stuck in dead ends and are determined to find an anwser.
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