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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]
Meowmee
(9,212 posts)17. Some doctors are trying to do a similar thing for women now also
No pap tests after 60 or so and changes in mammography testing. And in many other areas. It is especially negligent because a person's chance to develop many of these cancers goes up with age.
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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 The problem is that his physician is probably using the outdated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