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Even if you could predict with certainty that the patient is going to develop cancer in 10 years, and you know of a course of treatment you could undertake that
by jfk13 6y ago
Even if you could predict with certainty that the patient is going to develop cancer in 10 years, and you know of a course of treatment you could undertake that will ultimately prevent that cancer developing, you still may not be able to say whether this is the best use of the patient's time and resources today. (And the patient can't be sure either.)
- shard 6y agoSo the best course to take seems to be a combination of the probabilities of each case along with the risk tolerance of the patient, thus it is not a question the medical community can answer, but needs to be an individual discussion with each patient.