Re:Notes on My Chemotherapy
by agumonkey on Saturday February 06, 2021 @07:10AM
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A few years ago there was a somehow public trend saying there was an epidemic of over diagnosis. People would have more medical exams like colonoscopy and would get treatment over the simplest signs and the effects were not good.
I don't know how true it is, but it may explain why docs in general refuse to go too early on exams.
Re:Notes on My Chemotherapy
by greedo on Saturday February 06, 2021 @09:33AM
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I've heard of this issue with mammograms, but not with colorectal cancer. Complications from a colonoscopy are very rare, and removing polyps before they become malignant is a pretty safe choice as well.
I don't know how true it is, but it may explain why docs in general refuse to go too early on exams.