tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7255776707298393367.post1302874519642162060..comments2023-10-09T06:23:42.682-07:00Comments on Saving Money and Surviving the Healthcare Crisis: The truth about prostate cancer screeningDavis Liu, MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320315964654209559noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7255776707298393367.post-24618983729290275502012-06-04T19:45:52.832-07:002012-06-04T19:45:52.832-07:00There is one statistic that is pretty certain. 1 ...There is one statistic that is pretty certain. 1 in 6 men get prostate CA in the USA and this is a strikingly the same as Women and breast CA. So I imagine then that as time marches forward more and more men will be in that category of genetically predisposed. I think that knowing what one is dealing with is much better than being in the dark. One can do many things to slow prostate CA and support the body to be less of a feeding ground for future cancer. If we as a society decided to reduce breast screening for women there would be anarchy!!!!! The very same thing is going on with breast CA. They have specific testing that reveals minute CA cells in the milk ducts of women. Do these women need to go through untold horrors of breast removal and permanent damage to their lymph drainage etc.???? There are no easy answers and this is the truth, because as the article says treatment options are always changing and follow up studies are not very long. One can only make the decision they feel best at the time in history they discover they have CA. Should screening be taken away based on this study ? I think not. Should we re-examine our current ways of treating CA and follow up? Most definitely. Make no mistake chemo, radiation and Sx procedures are huge business and to change these current systems is going to take a long time. Am I at peace that my husband(47 years old)had early screening for prostate CA and Removal of his prostate by robotic Sx less than one year ago?. Only time will tell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7255776707298393367.post-81349030345781364212010-03-19T13:39:07.895-07:002010-03-19T13:39:07.895-07:00Well said. It's important also to consider the...Well said. It's important also to consider the costs of screening observed in the European study, which estimated that 48 men needed to be treated (and 30-50% suffer impotence and incontinence as a result of treatment) for every 1 man's life that was extended (I prefer extended to "saved," since we all die sometime) from not dying of prostate cancer.kennylinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00240060576692353940noreply@blogger.com