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Please be aware that the procedure is not risk-free and there is general concern in the medical community that it does more harm than good in healthy adults. 5
by theptip 4y ago
Please be aware that the procedure is not risk-free and there is general concern in the medical community that it does more harm than good in healthy adults.
5/1000 colonoscopy patients have complications (some fatal) which is way higher than the base rate for colon cancer.
It’s not a harmless screen like a mammogram.
- gjreda 4y ago> 5/1000 colonoscopy patients have complications (some fatal) which is way higher than the base rate for colon cancer. Can you provide a source for this?
- theptip 4y agoI copied that stat from the link I posted in another comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33153494 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33153494