[DanBC]

> There are studies providing solid evidence that Disease X can be typically delayed by years or decades if you do A, B, and C.

> Is that information not valuable to you?

It depends what A, B, or C are. If it's full mastectomy based on a misunderstanding of statistics then no, that information isn't useful and might be harmful.

[kevindqc]

Full mastectomy is kind of excessive, no? I would just be more vigilant for lumps and test more.

[nommm-nommm]

Getting a double mastectomy is 90% effective in preventing breast cancer in high risk patients. Getting tested for cancer is 0% effective in preventing cancer. The best it can do is possibly increase your odds of survival.

Angelina Jolie wrote in an OP-ED about her choice to undergo a preventative double mastectomy.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/opinion/my-medical-cho...

[Florin_Andrei]

I was specifically referring to the non-broken cases where there are no misunderstandings and the studies are valid.

[thinkmoore]

Oh neat, do you have a list of those? /sarcasm...