Re:Treating pancreatic tumours may have revealed cancer's ma...
by ethbr1 on Thursday June 18, 2026 @08:11AM
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> I think we should also invest more in better diagnostics and early cancer detection.
The issue with non-imaging early cancer detection seems to be false positives.
Afaik, medical regulatory agencies have been... resistant... to allowing marketing of tests.
The thinking seems to be "If people get a positive result, they may opt for interventions that are more harmful than their current disease state."
But, to me, that seems to leave unmentioned the fact that there's a finite "untreatable" cancer progression line, and while that's extending to later disease states, it's still a helluva lot easier to treat earlier.
The issue with non-imaging early cancer detection seems to be false positives.
Afaik, medical regulatory agencies have been... resistant... to allowing marketing of tests.
The thinking seems to be "If people get a positive result, they may opt for interventions that are more harmful than their current disease state."
But, to me, that seems to leave unmentioned the fact that there's a finite "untreatable" cancer progression line, and while that's extending to later disease states, it's still a helluva lot easier to treat earlier.