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Scenario 2 implies you don't have cancer. If you have it and don't get treated, you'll probably die by 62 in your scenario.
by malcolmgreaves 8y ago
Scenario 2 implies you don't have cancer. If you have
it and don't get treated, you'll probably die by 62 in your scenario.
- DanBC 8y agoParent post makes a reasonable point about the problems of 5 year survival rates in a culture of massive screening of otherwise healthy people. If you scan every man over the age of 55 you'll pick up a lot of prostate cancer. If you then do nothing else at all your country's 5 year survival rate improves because you have a bunch of people who'll die with, from from, cancer.