Is it time to re-evaluate cancer screening tests?

I think there is a danger here in oversimplifying the results of the cited study. Quote - “I am concerned that the complex view of a changing landscape will be distilled by the public into yet another ‘screening does not work’ headline,” Dr. Begg said. €œThe fact that population screening is no panacea does not mean that it is useless,” he added.

~~ Dr. Colin Begg, biostatistician at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York - endquote I think that the screening processes are still valid and needed. Early detection will never be a mistake. But what I think may need significant improvement is a better way to tell how aggressive a cancer might be.It seems to be a completely new concept, and one which is disputed within the medical community, that some cancers might be "benign" and even disappear on their own.

Despite what the article seems to assert, the problem does not appear to be over-diagnosis, but rather over-treatment. Knowing that a potential problem exists is still very valuable. But in some cases, treatment too early might be more dangerous than potential cancer.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.