What type of cancer is early detection NOT a factor?

Question

I know in most cases of cancer it's best to detect it as early as possible, what type of cancer is it not as important to detect early?

Answer 1

I think you're asking "Which cancers grow the most slowly?" One type is prostate cancer, which is very common in older men but which takes so long that most men die of other causes first. Other than that though, the general rule is that the earlier the better.

Answer 2

Just as there is no such thing as being a 'little bit pregnant' there is also no such thing as just 'having a little slow growing cancer'. Cancer can be deadly at any stage of detection. Never ignore signs. Treat it seriously and immediately.

My son's aggressive sarcoma is cabable of doubling in size within 28 days. But, I have heard of other types of slow growing cancers that people live with for 20 or 30 years.

A known cancer that grows slowly:

Carcinoid (sometimes called "cancer in slow motion" because it can lurk in the body for decades)

Answer 3

Prostate cancer is a possibility. Treatment is rarely implemented in the early stages of prostate cancer because this cancer often does not progress to a life-threatening stage. (Most men with prostate cancer die from other diseases.)

Hope this helps you. Best wishes.

Answer 4

Small cell cancer of lung, inflammatory cancer of breast. Both are so highly malignant it makes no difference.