X-Rays and Cancers
The book PREVENTING BREAST-CANCER by John W. Gofman, M.D., Ph.D. 1996, available free on the net, is much more than just breast cancer effects of X-Rays. This is the definitive work, currently available on X-Rays. Like ultra sound imaging and so many other things in modern medicine, no clinical trials were ever done on X-Rays. Yet modern medicine has the audacity to point a figure at generally safe alternative medicine on the very same issue itself falls short. They continually bent the rules to suite their agendas. Not surprising if one just follows the money. A very sad state of affairs...
Chris Gupta
..."Our estimate is that about three-quarters of the current annual incidence of breast-cancer in the United States is being caused by earlier ionizing radiation, primarily from medical sources. We will show that the recently growing incidence is not mysterious, and that if we wish to understand why the incidence has been growing, we must look to radiation events in the life of women 15-25-35-45 and more years before breast-cancer diagnosis. Moreover, there is recent evidence about induction of early-onset breast-cancer by radiation
The finding of this book constitutes an example of what can happen from exposing people to new agents, such as x-rays, when no one knows the long-term consequences. Readers will see the innocent enthusiasm, the repeated assurances that the procedures were safe, and the power of the "technological imperative" to suppress the idea that there might be a problem with anything as wondrous and potentially useful as x-rays. This is a story of "disaster creep" --- a massive problem creeping up on society without any recognition.
There is just no doubt that past radiation exposure accounts for a major share of our recent and current breast-cancer problem. The evidence for our finding is overwhelming --- if one simply looks."...
"This book with our bottom line, because we think the advice of Sara Jeannette Duncan is good: "If you have anything of importance to tell me, please, please begin at the end!" So here is our conclusion:
Breast-cancer is a largely preventable disease, and we reach that good news because of our finding that a large share of recent and current breast-cancer in the United States is certainly due to past medical irradiation of the breasts with x-rays --- at all ages, including infancy and childhood. Much of today's radiation dosage is preventable, without any interference with necessary diagnostic radiology, and hence many future breast-cancers need not occur.
What do we mean by "a large share" of recent and current breast-cancer?
Our estimate is that about three-quarters of the current annual incidence of breast-cancer in the United States is being caused by earlier ionizing radiation, primarily from medical sources. We will show that the recently growing incidence is not mysterious, and that if we wish to understand why the incidence has been growing, we must look to radiation events in the life of women 15-25-35-45 and more years before breast-cancer diagnosis. Moreover, there is recent evidence about induction of early-onset breast-cancer by radiation (Chapter 3).
There are many stories in this book, but no villains. The cast of historical characters is interesting, impassioned, and sometimes very wise.
No one meant to do any harm. On the contrary. After discovery of the x-ray in 1895 and of radium in 1898, radiation was tried out widely in medicine, right up to recent times, in the hope of relieving a great variety of human afflictions. Some radiation therapies were (and are) clearly effective (and this book is highly complimentary about such uses). Some other therapies, clearly not effective, have been discontinued. But usefulness is not always clear-cut in medicine. For example, users reported benefits which others could not see, regarding one type of x-ray therapy which was used for infants and children from 1911 to almost 1960.
The finding of this book constitutes an example of what can happen from exposing people to new agents, such as x-rays, when no one knows the long-term consequences. Readers will see the innocent enthusiasm, the repeated assurances that the procedures were safe, and the power of the "technological imperative" to suppress the idea that there might be a problem with anything as wondrous and potentially useful as x-rays. This is a story of "disaster creep" --- a massive problem creeping up on society without any recognition.
In science, every important discovery should be challenged and checked by others, and our finding certainly will be. We will welcome the genuine, thoughtful critiques. And we expect our finding to be validated. We arrive at our startling conclusion after underestimating the past dosage of x-rays, and after using conversion-factors (conversion from dose to subsequent cancers) which derive from real-world observations. There is just no doubt that past radiation exposure accounts for a major share of our recent and current breast-cancer problem. The evidence for our finding is overwhelming --- if one simply looks.
Many will look thoughtfully at the input to this study --- but there will be exceptions. We expect our finding to be automatically rejected by some who merely want it to be faulty --- and who will comment upon it without even reading this book.
If breasts could talk, they might say, "Read first, judge second, and please start now!""
posted by Chris Gupta on Monday August 25 2003
updated on Saturday September 24 2005URL of this article:
http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2003/08/25/xrays_and_cancers.htm
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