Posted by corkskru on March 8, 2014, at 20:52:40
In reply to New Recomendations for over 65, testing, Mammo, Me, posted by Phillipa on March 3, 2014, at 11:50:01
"Don't recommend screening for breast or colorectal cancer, nor prostate cancer (with the [prostate-specific antigen] test) without considering life expectancy and the risks of testing, overdiagnosis and overtreatment." Screening for these 3 cancers exposes patients with life expectancies lower than 10 years to potential harms with little benefit potential.How does screening for prostrate cancer expose a patient to potential harm and who is to be the judge of the ones life expectancy?
It seems that once you stop contributing to the system and getting the benefits that they want to put you to pasture. Sure there are some easy calls on benefit vs risks but it seems to me the patient is losing more than gaining...
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