Blood tests can lead to a cancer diagnosis and treatments that may do more harm than good.
Blood tests can lead to a cancer diagnosis and treatments that may do more harm than good. Early cancer screens are an idea whose time has come. While the early diagnosis may lead to lifesaving treatment, it may also lead to treatments and procedures that do more harm than good. Doctors had known this for years before medical journals advised not running PSA tests in males older than 75. These slow-growing cancers are often not why people in these age groups die, and many who underwent surgeries or radiation were left with impotence and some like my dad
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