It is all about the numbers ElleDee,Perhaps we should start...

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    It is all about the numbers ElleDee,
    Perhaps we should start doing full body scans on everybody , along with extensive blood tests, from the age of 5 , just in case?
    How often , once a week , once a month?
    Perhaps we should do preemptive mastectomies , prostatectomies , colectomies at age 30 on everybody?

    Absurd .
    Of course it is .
    You screen enough to make a positive difference overall.

    Your 46 year old might well have had the same outcome if PSA 's were started in his 30's [ a high Gleason score refers to the how aggressive the tumour is likely to be based on its appearance under a microscope]. But outliers don't determine your policy anyway.
    Note , if you have symptoms or a genetic predisposition , the test is paid for.



 
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