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Probably, but it's one of those scenarios where the upside of early diagnosis outweighs the inconvenience of false positives, as long as the scores are way bett
by Jugurtha 6y ago
Probably, but it's one of those scenarios where the upside of early diagnosis outweighs the inconvenience of false positives, as long as the scores are way better than luck, or WebMD.
- DanBC 6y agoFor a bunch of stuff that's simply not true. Over-testing leads to over-diagnosis which leads to over-treatment. People get treatment that causes them harm and which cannot benefit them because they don't have cancer.
- cjrp 6y agoI don't think the idea is that someone uses the home test and then goes straight to the hospital for chemo. It's a new test at the beginning of the diagnosis-pipeline, rather than a replacement for the existing tests.
- DanBC 6y agoSure, but there are people in this thread who think that testing can never be harmful and can never put people on a pathway to harm. PSA testing is similar: you don't go direct to treatment after PSA testing, yet we know that PSA screening does cause over-treatment.
- Jugurtha 6y ago>Sure, but there are people in this thread who think that testing can never be harmful and can never put people on a pathway to harm. Can you be more specific as to which comment claims that? Given that you're replying to a comment I've made which did not make those claims.