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Old 11-08-2012, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by rosehillman View Post
It can be very scary to get screened for any type of problems but it can save your life.
I have never doubted that it can save lives. But it can also sacrifice lives. In the study I mentioned earlier, out of 100,000 colonoscopies, 6 lives were lost. I guess you could say they were sacrificed for the "greater good". But no one is telling us what the numbers are for that greater good. Did it save 12 lives for every 100,000 people tested. 20 people suffered perforated colons; did it save 20 lives?

If doctors are so proud of the lives they save, why don't they give us the numbers?