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Re:Are we screening too much for skin cancer? It's complicated by the-dude on Thursday May 06, 2021 @05:22AM (#27060847)
I would like to share my personal view on prostate cancer screening : my father was found 'positive' at around ~61 yrs. He evaluated the offered treatments and opted for 'internal radiation' : a bunch of radio-active pellets are implanted in the prostate.

I heard from him one of the pellets went 'missing' and was assumed to be 'wandering'.

At 63 yrs, he developed acute leukemia and basically died within a week.

I am not going to research and pursue this, but I am very bitter.

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