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by nradov 1176 days ago
Your estimate of colonoscopy risk versus reward is completely wrong.

https://peterattiamd.com/peter-on-the-importance-of-regular-...

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He doesn’t give any numbers there. I may well be completely out to lunch, but that source doesn’t modify my opinion.

Here's the results of the first large randomized clinical trial - the gold standard in medicine. The study involved over 80,000 participants in Nordic countries.

"colonoscopy reduced cancer incidence but not death"

https://www.statnews.com/2022/10/09/in-gold-standard-trial-c...