Reply #1: It is well known that there are different forms of breast cancer...

[LeftishBrit]

and that tamoxifen isn't suitable for all of them.

Giving people the wrong treatment can be dangerous, as pointed out here, and it is good that people are doing more work in differemtiating the different sorts of cancer.

'I know the researchers and clinicians mean well, but there are some systemic problems in the BC research and treatment industry that in addition to BC are causing a lot of harm to women.'

Treatment of breast cancer is by no means perfect; but survival and cure rates are MUCH higher than in the past. And the effects of the treatments are less drastic for most women than in the days of routine radical mastectomy.


'In addition to overtreatment of early stage cancer that might have resolved on its own'

Early stage cancer, at least by the time it's detectable, does *not* usually resolve on its own. And even if it does resolve in the original location, it may still spread without treatment. I knew someone who died of metastatic cancer (not diagnosed till a late stage), where it was suspected that the original (probably lung) cancer had probably burnt out on its own, but had spread before doing so.

This article suggests that treatment should be tailored to the nature of the cancer, and that misdiagnosis and the wrong treatment can be harmful. It does *not* suggest that breast cancer should not be treated in its early stages!