在美国,对60岁以上的肿瘤患者,不提倡进行放化疗,因为放化疗一般只会缩短病人的生存期。如果在70岁以前长肿瘤,这是病理性的;70岁以后生长的肿瘤就是生理性肿瘤,没有什么病理意义。所以,我们不要闻癌色变,而要科学地去对待它。而如今对付肿瘤的方式,就像是警察抓小偷——治标而非治本。 In the United States, radiochemotherapy is not recommended for cancer patients over 60 years of age, because chemotherapy and radiotherapy generally shorten the survival of patients. If the tumor grows before the age of 70, it is pathological; the tumor that grows after age 70 is a physiological tumor and has no pathological significance. So, we don’t want to smell cancer, but we must treat it scientifically. Nowadays, the way to deal with tumors is like a police catching a thief—a palliative but not a permanent cure.