Routine cancer screening tests do more harm than good

in medicine •  9 years ago 

The great prostate mistake

What most physicians won't tell you when they prescribe a routine cancer screening test, is that most cancers that are detected wouldn't kill you if you didn't touch them, but the cancer treatment will probably harm you, sometimes a lot.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/opinion/10Ablin.html

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