If you are a regular reader to this blog, then you know that while I might tell you about the results of new scientific studies, I certainly do not want to be the final word on the subject. I have ended more than one post on a cautionary note, and used the word prudent more times than you probably wanted to read it. If the study I mention is of interest, I expect that you will do additional, independent and thorough research into the results of the new study being reported.

Gordon, who is a family physician and whose wife Marjory is currently battling breast cancer, blogs Beating Breast Cancer about the very subject of media reporting on new breast cancer research findings and the hazards inherent in the reporting. He does say that those who report are doing their very best to report accurately the findings released to the media by research centers, but the competitive edge in creating eye-catching headlines can lead to creating false first-impressions. Then there is the research community, competitively vying for attention, that might lead them to release the most sensational part of the research rather than the whole dreary study.

Gordon offers advice to the reader in discerning what they are reading and if it even applies to their cancer. He uses the recent example of the breast cancer drugs that have been debated and fought over. The advice is excellent. Before you read one more headline, stop by Gordon's blog to read his New Drugs For Breast Cancer post.