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No. Doctors already think about this. Why do you think they aren't doing prostate scans and mammograms constantly on everyone?
by lazyasciiart 4y ago
No. Doctors already think about this. Why do you think they aren't doing prostate scans and mammograms constantly on everyone?
- telchior 4y agoI think modern medical ethics demands a physical treatment for literally everything and anything that's discovered, including quite a few that either aren't physically dangerous (e.g. atypical brains) or are inevitable (a 90+ year old with a laundry list of conditions). And, as other comments have pointed out, a panicked surgical response to a mammogram isn't based on time series data. I totally understand and agree with trusting that medical professionals "know better", but I also would not conflate current practices with absolute perfection. It's clearly not a perfect profession or practice.
- lazyasciiart 4y agoYou don't have to conflate current practice with perfection. You just have to bother learning what the current practice is and why - and "it's just so rare to know anything" is not the correct answer. Just to start with basics: yes, actually mammograms are analyzed using time series data of a patients previous scans!