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Slowly growing cancer still sounds bad enough to get some of that "unnecessary" intervention. I'm no doctor, but my understanding is that the aggressive cancers
by TheHypnotist 5y ago
Slowly growing cancer still sounds bad enough to get some of that "unnecessary" intervention. I'm no doctor, but my understanding is that the aggressive cancers typically get discovered due to a symptom of sorts and thereabout is your 6 month countdown. Again, from a layman's perspective and understanding, those cancers need to start somewhere. What's the harm in catching them as early as possible? If a blood test leads to a scan and the scan turns up negative, what's the issue?
- jacquesm 5y agoDepends on your age, genetic disposition and many other factors besides. Once you have symptoms your oncologist would be the only person qualified to determine what for you in particular is the best course forward. In some cases that 6 months might be very generous, in other cases you are better off to do nothing (especially if you are advanced in age and the cancer is growing slowly). It all depends.