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Yesterday — 9 December 2025Main stream

Why Some Doctors Say There Are Cancers That Shouldn’t Be Treated

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Gina Kolata
9 December 2025 at 01:54
Statistics show a clear spike in eight cancers in younger people, but that has brought a debate over whether many cases ever needed to be found.

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An image of a patient’s prostate. Patients in the early stages of prostate cancer and other types of cancer might safely wait to see if the disease progresses.

Cancer-Detecting Blood Tests Are on the Rise. Do They Work?

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Nina Agrawal
2 December 2025 at 18:00
The tests have not been approved by federal regulators, but that hasn’t stopped patients from wanting them — and doctors from worrying.

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William Hill, a firefighter in Brockton, Mass., was diagnosed with cancer after taking an experimental blood test.
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