British Medical Journal

Shortening your life with a medical checkup

Knowing that 'pseudo-cancers' and 'real cancers' cannot be distinguished under a microscope might make you worry again about how to behave if you are diagnosed with cancer.
But there is no need to worry.

If the cancer discovered is 'real,' it cannot be cured even with treatment, so surgery and anticancer drugs are harmful because they cause aftereffects and side effects.

On the other hand, if the cancer discovered is a 'pseudo-cancer,' it will not kill you even if left alone, so surgery and anticancer drugs are unnecessary.

Wait, what does that mean? Are you saying that early detection of cancer is not effective?
—The reader's question is valid, but in fact, the pointlessness of early cancer detection is widely acknowledged in the academic world.

Many comparative studies have been conducted to investigate the effectiveness of cancer screenings for lung, breast, prostate, and colorectal cancers, but the effectiveness of these screenings has not been recognized.
On the contrary, there are not a few test results showing that the number of deaths has actually increased due to screenings for lung, breast, and colorectal cancers.

Therefore, the British Medical Journal, which can be called the conscience of the medical world, published an important paper on cancer screening in early 2016.
The title is 'Why has cancer screening never saved a life?' (For details, see my book 'You Should Not Take Medical Checkups,' Bunshun Shinsho).

However, there is no movement in the cancer screening world.
Ignoring criticism from scholars, they continue to perform screenings, creating many victims.
—This is proof that the medical field is not driven by academic principles, but by business principles..

The Best Way to Die, by Makoto Kondo
Excerpted, quoted, and introduced from pages 164–166.

This is content that could only be written by Dr. Makoto Kondo, who maintained a distance from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, pharmaceutical companies, and universities, and lived a life of solitary integrity (gratitude).