THE MOSS REPORTS Newsletter (08/14/05)

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THE MOSS REPORTS Newsletter (08/14/05)

 

 

 

 

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Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D. Weekly CancerDecisions.com

Newsletter #197 08/14/05

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HERE AT THE MOSS REPORTS

 

 

According to the National Cancer Institute's cancer statistics

database, known as SEER (Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results), the

incidence of melanoma has been rising steadily and steeply in recent

years.

Between 1986 and 2001, for example, the incidence of melanoma increased

2.4-fold.

 

But does this really represent a more frequent overall occurrence of

the disease? According to Dr. H. Gilbert Welch of the Dartmouth Medical

School, Hanover, NH, and his colleagues, the answer is a guarded no. In

a study published in the British Medical Journal, the authors point out

that the incidence of melanoma as a whole has remained relatively

stable. It is the number of cases of precancerous (so-called 'in

situ') and

early, localized disease that have risen, while there has been very

little change in the incidence of more advanced disease, and mortality

has

also remained stable. Meanwhile, biopsy rates rose 2.5-fold, almost

exactly at the same rate as the apparent rise in incidence.

 

" The combination of a big increase in early disease with little change

in advanced disease and little change in mortality argues that

over-diagnosis is going on, " Dr. Welch is quoted as saying, in an

interview

with Reuters Health.

 

The over-diagnosis of melanoma is by no means trivial, both in terms of

the financial burden it places on the health care system and, more

important, because of the great psychological – and sometimes physical –

harm that comes from being wrongly diagnosed with cancer. Dr. Welch

pointed out that even though the surgery to remove a suspicious lesion is

fairly simple, when there is a potential diagnosis of melanoma the

surgeon will take a larger area of tissue. " On certain parts of the

body that

can get complicated, if it's on the face or near the buttocks, for

example, " he said.

 

The question of over-diagnosis is by no means the only controversial

issue in the field of melanoma. There remains considerable disagreement

over the causes of the disease, with the dermatology profession largely

adhering to a blanket " sunlight is dangerous " position while others in

the medical and scientific community disagreeing, and seeing modest

sunlight exposure as a beneficial and healthful practice. In the next

three newsletters we revisit this ongoing controversy.

 

Meanwhile, at the Moss Reports we continue to work to bring our readers

and clients the latest and most interesting developments in the field

of cancer research and treatment.

 

The Moss Reports is a comprehensive series of detailed individual

reports on more than 200 different kinds of cancer. Each of these reports

analyzes the current available treatments, both conventional and

alternative, and offers the cancer patient a clear-eyed, truthful

assessment of

the available options.

 

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We look forward to helping you.

 

 

 

THE AKHENATON PRINCIPLE

 

 

About 3,300 years ago there was a Pharaoh in Egypt named Akhenaton. He

was crowned Pharaoh Amenhotep IV, but changed his name to Akhenaton to

honor the sun god, Aton. (His new named meant " Aton is Satisfied. " )

History books tell us that he was the first leader of Egypt to abandon

the

complicated polytheism of his ancestors and adopt a simpler type of

religion – monotheism - in which the sun itself was recognized as the

absolute ruler of the Universe.

 

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--Ralph W. Moss, PhD

 

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