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>Go through all the screening you can, cancer (of any form) is easer treated when caught early. Or even prevented. There's reasons why we don't screen for all
by Tenoke 5y ago
>Go through all the screening you can, cancer (of any form) is easer treated when caught early. Or even prevented.
There's reasons why we don't screen for all cancers all the time - one being that when you are young and healthy the false negative rate and risk of complications of the test are often higher than the chance the test catches something.
- hef19898 5y agoFull-fledged biopsies, without any other indication, are exaggerated. A simple colonoscopy isn't. Nor are the other, standard, screening tests. And still most people just don't even use the standard screening options. My personal guess, because people are afraid the screening is finding something. Without the screening, you can happily continue your life in ignorance. Usually, this is regretted if they actually have cancer later, once the cancer is so advanced that actual symptoms manifest.