I use the word ‘likely’ because, of course, no one can ever look into the future and tell you exactly what will happen to you as an individual. You have to use probabilities and not certainties when weighing up the balance of cost versus benefit. This balance must be considered for each possible treatment. Always [...]

I have explained that there is no simple reliable test for cancer. In the same way, I’m afraid there is also no single, simple, reliable treatment for cancer—no treatment which we can rely on to eradicate every cancer cell in every patient. In your heart of hearts I’m sure you know that’s true—otherwise why are [...]

It is said that Julius Caesar was not born in the conventional way, but that a cut was made through his mother’s abdomen into her womb and the child emerged that way. The modern operation to deliver a child has been called caesarean section because of this. Until recently, a caesarean childbirth was a rare [...]