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borked · 11-25-2010, 03:54 PM

I'm in venting mode....

Most developped countries have breast screening programmes for females to detect breast cancer early, since early detection can prevent most deaths from it.

No gripe.

75% of lung cancers are not life threatening, but the 25% that remain are killers. The metastatic site is preferentially the brain. Not good.

Almost all lung cancers are only detected when there are symptoms. This is not like feeling a lump or anything, but stuff like coughing blood.

Only 5% of patients confirmed with lung cancer after detection from symptoms survive after 5 years.

Another way, if you have symtpoms of lung cancer and you are diagnosed with lung cancer, you have a 95% chance of being dead within 5 years.

90% of lung cancers can be treated early so that 5-year survival rates are near 80%.

Am I stupid or missing something here, but why is there not a massive screening programme for lung cancer?

And before you frikken idiots start, yes my friend never smoked, and yes she rarely coughed, and yes one day when she coughed it had some blood in it and yes, it was not good and yes she is now fighting to try to get into that 5% that live > 5years.

Life is not fair.

11-25-2010, 03:54 PM
borked Totally Borked Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 6,284	Breast screening programmes to detect BC early are great - but... I'm in venting mode.... Most developped countries have breast screening programmes for females to detect breast cancer early, since early detection can prevent most deaths from it. No gripe. 75% of lung cancers are not life threatening, but the 25% that remain are killers. The metastatic site is preferentially the brain. Not good. Almost all lung cancers are only detected when there are symptoms. This is not like feeling a lump or anything, but stuff like coughing blood. Only 5% of patients confirmed with lung cancer after detection from symptoms survive after 5 years. Another way, if you have symtpoms of lung cancer and you are diagnosed with lung cancer, you have a 95% chance of being dead within 5 years. 90% of lung cancers can be treated early so that 5-year survival rates are near 80%. Am I stupid or missing something here, but why is there not a massive screening programme for lung cancer? And before you frikken idiots start, yes my friend never smoked, and yes she rarely coughed, and yes one day when she coughed it had some blood in it and yes, it was not good and yes she is now fighting to try to get into that 5% that live > 5years. Life is not fair. __________________ For coding work - hit me up on andy // borkedcoder // com (consider figuring out the email as test #1) All models are wrong, but some are useful. George E.P. Box. p202