Cancer screening isn't all about saving lives. We should start recognizing this fact http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/08/21/mammograms-40-save-more-lives-study …
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Replying to @GidMK
Saving life at all cost doesn't work for everyone. All screening comes with significant issues in terms unnecessary treatments
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Replying to @GidMK
Did you read the recent special edition of Public Health Research & Practice on this? Was v interesting https://croakey.org/as-capabilities-boom-a-careful-look-at-cancer-screening/ …
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Replying to @coopesdetat
I didn't, thanks for that! I think the communication has been so massively skewed because we are over-zealous about cancer treatment
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Replying to @GidMK
Yeah there are some really good papers on that in the journal, worth a look
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I get the bulletin but I rarely have time to go through them all. I'm reading too much about diabetes!
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