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Remember: A leading cause of cancer is cancer screening.
I'm being serious. Some found cancers would have regressed on their own (or simply never progressed), not to mention false positives. You don't want to find a tiny little cancer you never would have needed to know about.
From the Cochrane Collaboration:
Metaphorically, some cancers are Turtles: they're cancer, but you'll die of something else before they move.
Others are Rabbits: Ok, maybe you could have trapped these with detection+treatment
Others are Birds: can't fence them in.
Only rabbits benefit from screening.
Others are Rabbits: Ok, maybe you could have trapped these with detection+treatment
Others are Birds: can't fence them in.
Only rabbits benefit from screening.
Yeah I'm looking at that cancer book Lindyman recommended. I already knew that breast and prostate cancer screening were precarious (and thyroid, as it turns out out), but the author let's us know that that colon and cervical screening have been more successful - usually rabbits.
Chart from the book:
You want a mammogram with those odds? If you're a dude, pretend these odds apply to prostate cancer.
