Peter Attia· MD
we used to tell women if they got pregnant and they had breast cancer they must abort and it turns out that's not true and in fact aborting can negatively affect prognosis
Verbal pushback — no audited source on record.
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We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
we used to tell women if they got pregnant and they had breast cancer they must abort and it turns out that's not true and in fact aborting can negatively affect prognosis
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