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1. Why did TeLinde's critics call his measure "extreme and unnecessary?

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Telinde's critics believed that carcinoma in situ, which was what Henrietta suffered from, wasn't deadly. They believed that his aggressive treatment was unnecessary because they believed this type of cancer couldn't spread.

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, pg. 28

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