Actually I don't think it's anything new. It's all pretty much true. Some cancers are caused environmentally and others are genetic. Some are very agressive and others can be "outlived" with no treatment necessary. Differences in immune systems factor into it. On the site we have stage IV survivors and have stage I patients with recurrences gone terminal. I don't agree that early detection isn't valid however, the earlier the stage cancer is caught the better the survival odds - as a general rule. There are always exceptions.

The doctor making those comments is really doing a diservice. Or maybe its Fox trying to get another eye-catching storyline that allows too much room for misinterpretation. People hate getting tested as it is and it can only serve to drive them away. There is solid statistical evidence that early detection has made significant advances in the 5 year survival rate for breast and prostate cancer (which are now the most survivable forms of cancer). Did they mention that?

If we REALLY understood cancer we would have come up with a better method than "slash, burn and poison" to cure it.