[log in to unmask],Net writes:
>Would you mind pointing that out to BUPA et al,who charge a fortune for
>series
>of pointless investigations that never reveal anything significant, but
>do
>generate even more " worried well" consultations.
>Emile de Sousa
>Weary of Weybridge
One of my patients was distinctly miffed that the FOB he paid for as
part of his screen at the Nuffield didn't pick up his colon cancer.
It was only one test, and AFAIK the proponents of FOB as screening use
three tests.
THere does need to be attention to the power of these investigations, I
forget the abbreviations, spOut or suchlike, and IMHO colleagues need
to beware of how much they are exposed if they take part in these
screening programs.
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