[lbo-talk] Prostate screening bad idea....

[Steven L. Robinson]

SOMETIMES it is. Other times it can be aggressive.  If it spreads to the bones, it can be extraordinarily painful.  A particularly bad way to die.

On the other hand, if you treat it early there are the risks of nasty side effects of the treatment - like incontinence. 

SR

----- Original Message -----
But this is one of those diseases that they're far 
better at detecting than treating; and it's a very slow-growing type of 
cancer that could take decades to kill you.  And some of the treatments 
are highly invasive, have huge side-effects, and aren't particularly 
successful all the time.


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