Shared Joy
Jedi Council Member
Hi,
this article of Sayer Ji (greenmedinfo) stresses the unfortunate consequences of bad science research which caused more damage than good and set a bad example for millions who did or would follow prophylactic organ removal.
http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/brca-breast-cancer-gene-death-sentence
quotes:
Breast cancer is highly overdiagnosed and overtreated, with recent estimates indicating that about 1.3 million US women were wrongly diagnosed and treated for breast cancer in the past 30 years.
....
The same goes with BRCA-linked ovarian tumors, such as Borderline Ovarian Tumors (BOTs), which are also benign and highly overdiagnosed and overtreated. In fact, a JAMA study found that 5 times more women are diagnosed and treated with ovarian cancer than actually have it -- indicating a massive problem that is not being taken into account by most literature on the role of BRCA mutations in cancer risk because these studies accept diagnosed cancer uncritically as actual cancer which is simply not the case due to the still largely unaccounted for issue of overdiagnosis.
...
While BRCA gene 'mutations' (technically known a single nucleotide polymorphisms or SNPs, a much less derogatory sounding descriptor) can result in dysfunctional or inactive BRCA protein production, which can prevent our body from healing DNA damage, they also ironically confer certain advantages as far as making the body susceptible to conventional chemotoxic treatments. Also, there is evidence that some of these 'mutations' confer survival advantage, as we addressed in our article, "Did Angelina Jolie Make A Mistake By Acting On The 'Breast Cancer Gene' Theory?"
"BRCA1 variation K1 183R is related inversely to cancer risk, leading the authors of a review on the topic titled, "The case against BRCA1 and 2 testing," to conclude: "It seems that some polymorphisms may actually have a protective effect."
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Again, there is evidence that we do select bodies with certain genetic makeup which helps us fulfill our destiny, even if it is about contacting a disease!
I wander, whether the agony and pain following wrong decisions is also a karmic lesson??
Maybe, this could help other people to avoid these kind of options and prompt researchers to study more the effects of epigenetic factors.
FWIW
this article of Sayer Ji (greenmedinfo) stresses the unfortunate consequences of bad science research which caused more damage than good and set a bad example for millions who did or would follow prophylactic organ removal.
http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/brca-breast-cancer-gene-death-sentence
quotes:
Breast cancer is highly overdiagnosed and overtreated, with recent estimates indicating that about 1.3 million US women were wrongly diagnosed and treated for breast cancer in the past 30 years.
....
The same goes with BRCA-linked ovarian tumors, such as Borderline Ovarian Tumors (BOTs), which are also benign and highly overdiagnosed and overtreated. In fact, a JAMA study found that 5 times more women are diagnosed and treated with ovarian cancer than actually have it -- indicating a massive problem that is not being taken into account by most literature on the role of BRCA mutations in cancer risk because these studies accept diagnosed cancer uncritically as actual cancer which is simply not the case due to the still largely unaccounted for issue of overdiagnosis.
...
While BRCA gene 'mutations' (technically known a single nucleotide polymorphisms or SNPs, a much less derogatory sounding descriptor) can result in dysfunctional or inactive BRCA protein production, which can prevent our body from healing DNA damage, they also ironically confer certain advantages as far as making the body susceptible to conventional chemotoxic treatments. Also, there is evidence that some of these 'mutations' confer survival advantage, as we addressed in our article, "Did Angelina Jolie Make A Mistake By Acting On The 'Breast Cancer Gene' Theory?"
"BRCA1 variation K1 183R is related inversely to cancer risk, leading the authors of a review on the topic titled, "The case against BRCA1 and 2 testing," to conclude: "It seems that some polymorphisms may actually have a protective effect."
end quotes
Again, there is evidence that we do select bodies with certain genetic makeup which helps us fulfill our destiny, even if it is about contacting a disease!
I wander, whether the agony and pain following wrong decisions is also a karmic lesson??
Maybe, this could help other people to avoid these kind of options and prompt researchers to study more the effects of epigenetic factors.
FWIW
