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Originally Posted by KeepingItReal
Correct, and this person is a radiologist that for whatever reason doesn't even work in the field now apparently..
MDS is an uncommon complication of breast cancer therapy, occurring in approximately 0.2% of cases.
What is myelodysplastic syndrome?
Here is an article about Cuomo that might also be interesting. Always be wary of experts trying to sell a book.
Simplistic criticisms of cancer therapy by Dr. Margaret Cuomo
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...RsoSIIwkfjBsNQ
From the article at the link above:
So what we have here is a radiologist, who happens to be the daughter of Mario Cuomo and the sister of the current governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, who for whatever reason has decided that, even after not having practiced radiology for quite some time and now working primarily as the president of the Italian Language Foundation in Manhattan, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting Italian language education in the United States, she is somehow uniquely qualified to pass judgment on the entire cancer care system in this country. Amusingly, she appears to be married to Howard Maier, who is known for producing the “Buns of Steel” video series. (I’m sorry; I just couldn’t resist mentioning it after I learned of it.) Why has Dr. Cuomo now decided to write a book assailing the “cancer culture” as “broken” and, if this HuffPo article is any indication, to promote unimpressive solutions? I have no idea. Perhaps she’ll explain in her book. |
If you read the first sentence in my opening post you will see that I didn't agree with everything the author stated. But now I feel like I'm in a position where I need to defend her. That's strange! I don't think the criticism is fair coming from "Orac"? Is that the name of the writer? It must be like "Cher". She's so famous she only needs to go by one name. She criticizes Cuomo's qualifications but what are her qualifications? Did she mention her qualifications? Is it Orac, M.D.?
Furthermore, Orac, hadn't even read Cuomo's book yet. She spent a lot of time trying to guess what Cuomo might recommend for prevention.
I'll give Cuomo more credit than Orac for the following reasons: 1) She owns up to her ideas by putting her full name on her book. 2) She gave her qualifications on the cover of the book and 3) she admitted in the book that she didn't have all the answers.
What does Orac believe? That there's no room for improvement when it comes to cancer treatment and prevention? And where is Orac's critique of the book, now that it has been out for a while? hmmm?