http://www.healthcarebs.com/2011/11/06/suddenly-cancer-screening-is-a-bad-idea/ Cleaning the Augean Stables of the Health Care Debate Mon, 21 May 2012 18:18:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2011/11/06/suddenly-cancer-screening-is-a-bad-idea/#comment-464904 Marc Brown Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:16:56 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2011/11/06/suddenly-cancer-screening-is-a-bad-idea/#comment-464904 This is nonsense – the studies showing limited, no or harmful benefits of screening healthy populations for breast and prostate have been around for some time. No country has a national prostate screening program. The UK's breast program is now under review but will almost certainly still stay with the proviso that women are informed of the downside. Colon cancer screening though is almost certainly very beneficial. This is about the science and about informing people properly. This is nonsense – the studies showing limited, no or harmful benefits of screening healthy populations for breast and prostate have been around for some time. No country has a national prostate screening program. The UK’s breast program is now under review but will almost certainly still stay with the proviso that women are informed of the downside. Colon cancer screening though is almost certainly very beneficial. This is about the science and about informing people properly.

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