Are there some cancers that should not be treated?
Doctors are debating.
From The Times
December 15, 2025

Statistics show a clear spike in eight cancer diagnoses in younger people, but that has brought a debate over whether many cases ever needed to be found.

A doctor's finger points to a computer screen showing a scan of a patient's prostate.

Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle, via Getty Images

Here’s why some doctors say there are cancers that shouldn’t be treated. →

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