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I've heard many experts talk about issues with "catching disease early", one being that what doctors find might have never developed far enough to cause harm an
by franga2000 5y ago
I've heard many experts talk about issues with "catching disease early", one being that what doctors find might have never developed far enough to cause harm and so the treatment might actually be more harmful.
I don't want to risk trying to explain it from memory since I have zero medical knowledge, but there's a YouTube video by "MedlifeCrisis" about this that also has sources cited in the description. The title is something like "the problem with screening".
- throwaway4aday 5y ago> one being that what doctors find might have never developed far enough to cause harm and so the treatment might actually be more harmful. This is not a reason to not screen regularly. If treating very early is the problem then you should still aim to detect it early and then closely monitor it until you have enough information to decide whether to act or not. There are many people that will simply not go in for testing until there is a major problem if you advise against regular testing. A close family member of mine just passed away recently because he didn't go in for regular testing and they caught the cancer way too late.