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DoofusOfDeath
2330 days ago
It's interesting that one argument against early detection (in certain situations) is that patients + medical community can't be trusted to act rationally with the information.
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Gibbon1
2330 days ago
What no one talks about is when you get an indeterminate result. For thyroid tumors that might be as high as 25-30%.
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nradov
2330 days ago
The more important argument is that testing is expensive. As a society we only have limited resources to devote to healthcare.
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