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90% of male cadavers have cancerous tumors in their prostate. The cost of treating men would be enormous. The medical opinion will be that it is harmful diagnos
by jl2718 6y ago
90% of male cadavers have cancerous tumors in their prostate. The cost of treating men would be enormous. The medical opinion will be that it is harmful diagnostic because the patient (and the medical system) are better off not knowing. If you think this is a joke, it is because your doctor has never said this to you.
- TYMorningCoffee 6y agoI'm surprised it's that high so I looked for some papers. Only two references I found so far are below which show much lower than 90% in autopsies. I'm not in the medical field so please help me understand. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4485977/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4485977/ https://academic.oup.com/jnci/article/105/14/1050/965030 https://academic.oup.com/jnci/article/105/14/1050/965030
- jl2718 6y agoLast I saw that stat was 2008, and I think the study was much older. I shouldn’t be so sloppy. Looks like it’s 60% for men 79+, but this is the no prior screening group, which specifically excludes known cases, so maybe a bit higher. Breast cancer is 12% and all cancer is 40% lifetime diagnosis risk in the USA.