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The Cancer That Doctors Don’t Want to Call Cancer

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THE CANCER THAT DOCTORS DON’T WANT TO CALL CANCER


RENAMING THE LOWEST-RISK PROSTATE CANCER WOULD CUT DOWN ON OVERLY AGGRESSIVE
TREATMENT, SOME DOCTORS SAY

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Men who undergo ‘active surveillance’ for prostate cancer may receive MRI tests
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When is cancer not cancer?

It’s an unexpected question that has stirred the world of cancer treatment in
recent years, most notably now with prostate cancer. A growing number of doctors
are advocating what might seem like an unusual position: That low-grade prostate
cancers that grow very slowly or not at all shouldn’t be called cancer or
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