A recent study has claimed that the early recognition of cancer in a patient often leads the healthcare professions to undertake rigorous treatments, even when they are not required.

UC San Francisco’s Dr. Laura Esserman, lead author of the study, said that a forceful treatment is not required in the treatment of cancer every time. Her research team observed that often the doctors detect tumors in women, which do not cause much harm to the women and can be removed with mild treatments.

“The message has been, `early detection, early detection, early detection.’ That’s true for some things but not all things. It’s not just all about finding any cancer”, said Esserman.

The recent technologies have enabled the doctors to find the nature of the tumors, wherein they are able to detect that which tumor is more harmful and which is less.

The team urged that this finding calls for a new vision in cancer treatment.

A study conducted in 2009 found that the PSAs conducted on a yearly basis do not really help in saving lives of the patients.

Another study, which examined as many as 150,000 men, claimed that nearly 48 were given treatments, which were not required and these patients encountered many side effects.