1 in 5: And even though you're a lot less likely to die of breast cancer these days, a New England Journal of Medicine article contends that we're pulling the trigger too early on treatment: For every one
case of a small tumor caught early that would have been a health threat, about five essentially harmless tumors also receive the same treatment.
Taking nutritional supplements containing antioxidants may unintentionally hasten the
progression of a small tumor or premalignant lesion, neither of which is possible to detect.
One major problem in treating cancer is identifying the
location of small tumors and treating them before they metastasize.
When the anal glands are swollen it is near impossible to check for the
presence of a small tumor either around or inside the gland.