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In reply to the discussion: 'This is odd': Yale doctor flags 'inconceivable' part of Joe Biden's cancer news [View all]JohnSJ
(98,883 posts)7. It is based on faulty assumptions made 30+ years ago that have to do with life expectancy, and the false
assumption that the "cure" is worse than the disease.
These assumptions were based on old technologies, and ignores current significant advancements.
For one, people are living longer, and two a multitude of newer more effective treatments with less side-effects are available.
Buffet was 81 when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, had treatment with Proton therapy, a type of radiation therapy, and at 93 is going strong. There were irresponsible physicians who were publicly criticizing why he had treatment then based on the 70 year old standard, and Buffet has proven them wrong, and has most likely avoided a lot of potential suffering he might have had if he wasn't treated.
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'This is odd': Yale doctor flags 'inconceivable' part of Joe Biden's cancer news [View all]
JohnSJ
May 2025
OP
This has nothing to do with Biden, but most likely the physician who didn't monitor the Presidents PSA
JohnSJ
May 2025
#2
It is based on faulty assumptions made 30+ years ago that have to do with life expectancy, and the false
JohnSJ
May 2025
#7
Unless it's metastasized to other structures, like skeletal system. Colon, bladder and prostate cancers, fortunately ...
marble falls
May 2025
#8
Wrong... only a bad doctor would not test someone with suspected cancer whatever their age 😁
Meowmee
May 2025
#30
It is based on faulty reasoning in place over 30+ years ago, and ignores the significant technological
JohnSJ
May 2025
#9
It's hard to believe a physician attending the President of the US wouldn't do a routine PSA when the other
Liberal In Texas
May 2025
#14
My thought, too. I'm not casting aspersion: my fight with multiple cancer surgeries has taught me I don't know ...
marble falls
May 2025
#6
One would think, unless they were following that stupid "recommendation", no need to test for someone
JohnSJ
May 2025
#10
I'm doing well, thanks, man. They found my colon cancer three years after a Proctologist told me I was clear ...
marble falls
May 2025
#15
Wow, your primary care was really on top of things. If you are in VA, you earned it through you service
JohnSJ
May 2025
#33
John, I've had "cadillac" insurance. VA tops any of it. In 12 years, I've only had two primary care physicians ...
marble falls
May 2025
#42
No one is accusing HIM of covering up. The problem is that his physician is probably using the outdated
JohnSJ
May 2025
#36
Biden's communication staff announced it. They actually announced they felt a lump with a DRE.
JohnSJ
May 2025
#40
I believe you are referring the protein CA-125, but I believe its use is mostly for monitoring how treatment is going.
JohnSJ
May 2025
#43