Colonoscopy-screening does not prevent colorectal cancer as well as previously assumed (Sample tests 18% less helpful)

Medical Xpress / Univ. of Oslo / 2022 United European Gastroenterology Week / N. Engl. Jrnl. of Med. ^ | Oct. 8, 2022 | Mathilde Coraline, Aarvold Bakke / Michael Bretthauer et al

[mass55th]

Unfortunately, there are rarely symptoms with polyps. My son said he had no symptoms until he found blood in his stool. Of course blood can mean hemorrhoids, or a fissure (tear). Best to have it checked out. I’m glad you had your polyps taken care of, and that they were benign.

[Warriorposter]

Well that certainly is a shocking but hopeful stat.

[matthew fuller]

Were VA hospitals involved?

[dforest]

Follow the whatever is cheaper idea.

[pfflier]

The overall necessity of PSA tests is in question. The American Urological Association has some thoughts on that here:

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/260087

I got stampeded into a prostate biopsy. Interestingly, my primary care and urology doctors were not convinced that I needed it but wound up recommending it because that is a "belt and suspenders" for them against the 2% odds of a missed diagnosis.

Since then, I have been on routine observation for almost 20 years with no changes in anything else...and not a single PSA test since that one.

[metmom]

They caught mr. mm’s cancer before it got a chance to metastasize.

[pfflier]

I’m glad it worked out well for him. We all have our own stories to tell.

[CFW]

"Article doesn't say colonoscopy was to prevent cancer. Did you read it?"

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Did you read the title of the article we are responding to?

"Colonoscopy-screening does not prevent colorectal cancer as well as previously assumed (Sample tests 18% less helpful)"

[TangoLimaSierra]

Did you read the title of the article we are responding to?

Of course. Which is why I asked if you had read the article.
It seems from your comment that you only read the headline. Everything in your comment was covered in the article.
You should know by now that headlines are clickbait.

[dfwgator]

Translation: Insurance companies don’t want to pay for colonoscopies.

[SoConPubbie]

I agree. The study seems to be illogical. Almost all hmo insurance mandates this test and I cannot believe they would do so unless it clearly saved money thru prevention and early detection.

Then you are ignorant of the true purpose of HMOs.

Its not to cure you or prevent a disease, it is to provide for the maintenance of the disease by maintaining profits flowing to Big Pharma using their medicines.

[dforest]

I was talking to my niece about this issue this morning. I am no longer sure if the reason that the news is out to poo poo, heh, the colonoscopy is because of the costs, and now, so many more people are getting them.

Are procedures being declared not really worth it because of costs more than anything?

Funny how we question so many things that we never questioned before.

[mewzilla]

Or Deep State could be trying to gaslight people into settling for cheaper screenings.

Trust but verify.

[mewzilla]

Funny how we question so many things that we never questioned before.

Unfortunately for Deep State...