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The concept of being a “previvor” I first came across in The Gene is worrying to me as well — finding you have a correlated but not actionable association with
by yellow_postit 4y ago
The concept of being a “previvor” I first came across in The Gene is worrying to me as well — finding you have a correlated but not actionable association with a disease or other poor medical outcome. I think the “just say no” underplays the challenges that can come from unactionable information.
- _tom_ 4y agoBoth are valid concerns. But I feel that "dying of something that could have been treated, if found earlier" trumps both.