I have followed a number of these new tests with interest. I foresee a time when advanced screening will obviate current forms of treatment but I don’t think that time has arrived.
It is difficult to find published data on false positives, which have the potential to cause several different kind of harm including psychological stress and its downstream impacts, and unneeded tests, some of which can lead to accidental death.
One would be interested in several kinds of false positives and the most important of them is scarce to non-existent with current tests.
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It will only get better and more useful with time. Exciting stuff! Cancer has always been the wildcard in longevity and it’ll be good to remove it.
I agree and I expect the mRNA vaccines to be game changers in prevention and treatment for many cancers. At times it is difficult to believe that today’s prevalent treatments are not far removed from bloodletting and carving holes in skulls.
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I’m no expert on this for sure, just thought I’d share what I read.
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Thanks for posting this article. It raises important points in the current environment. My only challenge to the author’s position is that it examines mostly the downside and is mostly rearward-looking. I think we are on the precipice of screening tests that overcome many of these objections other than dealing with the inevitable grey zone, “Do I or do I not have cancer , , , and what now?”