[Leica] OT (very) The Great Prostate Debate: Does Screening Save Lives?: Scientific American

[kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner)]

Just a comment about email: some time ago, I got in the habit of 
carefully reading an email before pushing the "send" button. How much 
I have to correct, even to rewrite, always amazes me.

Herb


>This discussion, and your post, are not at all offensive!
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>What I find deeply offensive is the drum-beating to eliminate this
>testing, which - when properly performed and interpreted -
>absolutely saves lives. 
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>Sorry if I was unclear - the combination of email as a medium and
>some backlog of feelings about the media blitz may have set me off a
>bit. :-)
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>John
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>----- Original Message -----
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>From: "Steve Barbour" <steve.barbour at gmail.com>
>To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 1:24:06 PM
>Subject: Re: [Leica] OT (very) The Great Prostate Debate: Does
>Screening        Save        Lives?: Scientific American
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>On Feb 8, 2012, at 9:51 AM, J. Newell wrote:
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>  > Speaking as someone whose family has a history of prostate
>cancer, and of cases where prostate cancer was correctly diagnosed
>at early stages so that treatment could be undertaken at a point
>when lives were saved, I have to say - with no personal animus
>toward anyone here - that I find this discussion extraordinarily
>offensive.
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>thanks for reading it, and your input John. I am not sure why
>looking at the data and interpreting it, and discussing it,  is
>offensive.
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>Steve
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>  > The fact that un- or under-qualified clinicians misinterpret
>results and recommend unnecessary treatment does not change the fact
>that this screening can and does save lives if done professionally
>and responsibly.
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>  > Rant off.
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>  > John
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>  >
>  > ----- Original Message -----
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>  > From: "Steve Barbour" <steve.barbour at gmail.com>
>  > To: "LUG Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>  > Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 11:24:38 AM
>  > Subject: [Leica] OT (very) The Great Prostate Debate: Does
>Screening Save        Lives?: Scientific American
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>  > keeping this important debate alive...
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> http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-great-prostate-debate
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Herbert Kanner
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