http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2006/05/26/update-on-cancer-screening/ An Irish woman's social, political and domestic commentary Sat, 19 Mar 2011 23:50:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2006/05/26/update-on-cancer-screening/comment-page-1/#comment-14484 GUBU » More on increased incidence of cancer Thu, 08 Jun 2006 08:08:03 +0000 http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2006/05/26/update-on-cancer-screening/#comment-14484 [...] More on cancer screening. Remember my previous posts on the value of increased diagnosis and treatment of cancers, which may not be entirely necessary? See this from today’s IT [...] [...] More on cancer screening. Remember my previous posts on the value of increased diagnosis and treatment of cancers, which may not be entirely necessary? See this from today’s IT [...]

]]> http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2006/05/26/update-on-cancer-screening/comment-page-1/#comment-13042 Daniel K. Fri, 26 May 2006 14:21:21 +0000 http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2006/05/26/update-on-cancer-screening/#comment-13042 Actually, I remember hearing Dr. Bill Tormey saying the same thing once. Actually, I remember hearing Dr. Bill Tormey saying the same thing once.

]]> http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2006/05/26/update-on-cancer-screening/comment-page-1/#comment-13040 ogie16 Fri, 26 May 2006 12:33:27 +0000 http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2006/05/26/update-on-cancer-screening/#comment-13040 Like all medicine it's got to be a risk-benefit analysis. There is no such thing as a harmless solution to any ailment. Every treatment harbours some risk, it's just a matter of deciding whether the risk involved outweighs the potential benefits. For most lay-people suffering from disease, and almost all relatives of sufferers, they will opt to persue any theraly that may cure them, no matter what the consequences are. For this reason the decision is usually left to the doctor/consultant/etc. It's unfortunate, but imagine the waiting lists if every possible treatment was tried on patients. Like all medicine it’s got to be a risk-benefit analysis. There is no such thing as a harmless solution to any ailment. Every treatment harbours some risk, it’s just a matter of deciding whether the risk involved outweighs the potential benefits. For most lay-people suffering from disease, and almost all relatives of sufferers, they will opt to persue any theraly that may cure them, no matter what the consequences are. For this reason the decision is usually left to the doctor/consultant/etc. It’s unfortunate, but imagine the waiting lists if every possible treatment was tried on patients.

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