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Re: Kag post# 13920

Friday, 05/30/2008 11:19:59 AM

Friday, May 30, 2008 11:19:59 AM

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Kag, while I agree with almost everything you have said this morning, I need to comment on something. You say "Also, as it currently stands, would a doctor give a patient a stand-alone RECAF blood test to find out if the patient is cancer free? I have my doubts because how can it ever be said that patient is cancer free if the accuracy of the test is only, for example, 98 percent?"

A doctor does not need to test for someone being cancer free, but a doctor could test for the probablility that one does have cancer. Tests such as the PSA tests are currently used and they are a crap shoot at best. Doctors don't tell their patients that they are cancer free after the results come back. I had one done last year and my doctor told me just how unreliable the test was. He also told me though that it was the best test for prostate cancer on the market, and hence, the reason that was it was being used.

I do agree though (thanks to Goldseeker's repeated pounding) that any Recaf will need to be backed up by other cancer specific tests to make it plausible. Hence, it will have to go to trials with another specific marker to get approval.
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