Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This discussion, and your post, are not at all offensive! What I find deeply offensive is the drum-beating to eliminate this testing, which - when properly performed and interpreted - absolutely saves lives.? 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. :-) John ----- Original Message ----- 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 On Feb 8, 2012, at 9:51 AM, J. Newell wrote: > > > 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. 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. Steve > > > > 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. > > > > Rant off. > > > > John > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > 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 > > keeping this important debate alive... > > > http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-great-prostate-debate > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information