Yes, but even if you eliminate bowel cancer - and there's no evidence that colonoscopy lengthens people's lives to date - it has minimal impact on all cause mortality. That's what I care about. There's no RCT data that supports colonoscopy as a life extension intervention, and even if we eliminated all bowel cancer, it would have minimal impact on my life expectancy. Put your efforts into treating people who actually are sick, not into manufacturing patients out of healthy people.
A colonoscopy at age 42 led to my immediate diagnosis of stage 3 rectal cancer. My surgeon told me I was weeks away from stage 4 - I had advanced lymphovascular invasion. I was fit, healthy and had 3 young kids. So I don't know how anyone can argue that colonoscopies do not save lives. They are actually extremely proactive procedures - both of my parents have had multiple polyps removed since they were in their 40's.... if you leave a polyp it can turn into cancer in 7-10 years according to my surgeon. So.... Yes.... colonoscopies save and lengthen lives.
These stories are so heartbreaking. Mr Frierson is turning it into something positive in the hopes of saving other lives. And it will no doubt.❤️
Yes, but even if you eliminate bowel cancer - and there's no evidence that colonoscopy lengthens people's lives to date - it has minimal impact on all cause mortality. That's what I care about. There's no RCT data that supports colonoscopy as a life extension intervention, and even if we eliminated all bowel cancer, it would have minimal impact on my life expectancy. Put your efforts into treating people who actually are sick, not into manufacturing patients out of healthy people.
A colonoscopy at age 42 led to my immediate diagnosis of stage 3 rectal cancer. My surgeon told me I was weeks away from stage 4 - I had advanced lymphovascular invasion. I was fit, healthy and had 3 young kids. So I don't know how anyone can argue that colonoscopies do not save lives. They are actually extremely proactive procedures - both of my parents have had multiple polyps removed since they were in their 40's.... if you leave a polyp it can turn into cancer in 7-10 years according to my surgeon. So.... Yes.... colonoscopies save and lengthen lives.