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To: FreeReign

Since when does less screening for cancer become a better idea than more?
Except in some government bureaucrat’s mind?


4 posted on 03/05/2010 9:09:12 PM PST by Redbob (Pray for Pres.Osamabama: Psalm 109;v.7)
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To: Redbob

When the false positive rate is too high and the cost of false positives increases, testing recommendations should change.


24 posted on 03/05/2010 9:48:34 PM PST by businessprofessor
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To: Redbob
Since when does less screening for cancer become a better idea than more?

When you get the study results showing that it's saving one life out of 48, while subjecting the other 47 to the side effects of treatment. The big problem is that there's currently no way to tell the difference between the tumors you can leave alone and those that are going to become aggressive.

29 posted on 03/05/2010 10:38:49 PM PST by ArmstedFragg (hoaxy dopey changey)
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