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by tuberelay
2366 days ago
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MD here. In the short term, more information might cause harm because doctors are risk averse & scared of lawsuits and err on overbiopsy/overtreat, and many of our treatments aren't as good as we think they are, and all of this makes patient anxious. In the long term, turning the information firehose on full blast means we can work out which incidental findings are best ignored or pursued and overall more data will help us. The problem is that it is unethical to do #2 in the short term even if it is the long term ethical thing to do. |
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