随着医学科学的发展,人类对早期癌症的诊断能力越来越强,所能发现的体内肿瘤越来越小。这种医学上的进步对早期癌症患者来说一般认为是件好事,然而最近美国一些医学专家对这种科学进步所带来的临床效益提出了质疑。早发现、早治疗一直是医学上对付癌症的信条,但不少科学家则认为发现过于早期癌症对患者来说并非是好事,除非是非治不可的癌症。这听起来似乎有点不通情 With the development of medical science, human beings have become increasingly capable of diagnosing early cancers, and the tumors that can be found in vivo have become smaller and smaller. This advancement in medicine is generally considered to be a good thing for early-stage cancer patients. Recently, however, some medical experts in the United States have questioned the clinical benefits of this scientific advancement. Early detection and early treatment have always been the credo for medical treatment of cancer, but many scientists believe that finding too early cancer is not a good thing for patients unless it is cancer that cannot be cured. This sounds a little unpassionate