In prostate cancer, for example, patients often die from other diseases, or old age, before the 'cancer' found through screening ever causes symptoms. Both experts agree that a lot is a matter of personal choice. Physicians should provide all the pros and cons. But in the end, each patient must make a personal decision, they say. One extreme is focusing on living a healthy life and enjoying it as much as you can, only contacting the medical profession when you have symptoms.
People have to decide where they want to be on that spectrum.
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