Experimental blood test detects cancer up to four years before symptoms appear

Re:Experimental blood test detects cancer up to four years b... by minerjoe on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @09:16AM (#23916617)

"You don't" but many doctors sure seem happy to treat early and to be blind to the potential harm that the treatement entails.

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Re:Experimental blood test detects cancer up to four years b... by ethbro on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @10:13AM (#23917202)

And many software developers don't properly use a CVS.

But that doesn't make GitHub a bad idea.

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Re:Experimental blood test detects cancer up to four years b... by batty_alex on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @10:34AM (#23917447)

The problem is that you don’t want to treat every cancer like it’s potentially life-threatening (many aren’t) because you can cause other problems with detection/treatment. I’d want any early detection to be pretty damn solid if we’re going to start talking monthly checkups for something that could resolve on its own.

Using an SCM tool isn’t going to cause additional problems except for reminding yourself of all the dumb mistakes you made last week.

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Re:Experimental blood test detects cancer up to four years b... by ethbro on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @01:07PM (#23919147)

> Using an SCM tool isn’t going to cause additional problems except for reminding yourself of all the dumb mistakes you made last week.

You haven't worked at a shop that mandated Team Foundation Server, have you? ;)

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