>>The first part showed how for decades MD's -with that certitude that they all love to radiate- said that radical mastectomy was the best treatment for breast cancer.
>>WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IME the retrospectoscope is not a useful instrument. More valid to consider that ongoing research and body of knowledge showed that for some cancer presentations- only some- lesser procedures have just as good long term results. Others still do best with radical surgery. But as I keep saying: patients are not sacks of wheat and while most are relieved not to face major surgery, others prefer the bigger procedure to minimize risk. As an example, Angelina Jolie didn't have cancer at all but had double mastectomy because a recently available genetic test showed strong likelihood of cancer developing. Personally I know female surgeons who had BRACA testing in expectation of double mastectomy and oophrectomy if positive.

>>One of the African ladies watching the dance turned to her neighbor and said with a proud smile:
>>"That's my son- the doctor."

LOL. In reply: Kennedy enjoyed misquoting this verse:

Bullfight critics ranked in rows
Crowd the enormous Plaza full
But only one is there who knows
And he's the man who fights the bull.

It's true. Very easy to sit back wielding a shoulda-woulda-coulda retrospectoscope decisively; not so easy when you're the one facing the charging bull.