Re: oncologist advice needed

"Steph" <steph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I see many people hurt by extra, especially erroneous, information.

No, only actions hurt people, not information. Any doctor
taking radical care decisions based on only a single inconclusive
test doesn't deserve to practice medicine.

If a test shows a small abnormality and nothing else
is wrong, a proper attitude can be "watch carefully and see".

I find this attitude much better than "don't run the
rest at all, stay in the dark, and hope nothing is wrong."



>> If given the choice, I would always opt for testing.
>> Then armed with the result, I would combine it with clinical
>> observation to decide what (if anything) should be done about it.
>>
> Then you'll be one of those people who has an annual full body
>scan, I suppose.


No. The cost is too high, the current technology is not
precice enough (yet), and annual full body CT scans may
increase my radiation exposure.

With my current finances and risk tolerance, an MRI
scan every 5 years would be OK for me. I see absolutely
no downside to doing this.



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