With the odds of about 1 in 2 people getting cancer at some point in their lives, why isn’t it protocol for everybody to get screened for cancer of all types more often? Like maybe every few years starting at the age of twenty? It seems most times it get caught is when somebody is complaining of a symptom, often times too late.
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The dangers of false positives can often outweigh the chances of getting the cancer. Some screening makes sense but if you are giving random scans which provide radiation or lead to unnecessary biopsies, you are also doing harm
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