Epistatacadam on Nostr: Even if the treatment had no effect because diagnosis is earlier, survival to the ...

Even if the treatment had no effect because diagnosis is earlier, survival to the same age of death is extended. We should ideally look at age of death as a result of treatment. For many cancers, the gains in life expectancy are marginal, but regrettably quality of life maybe worse for a considerable period of time, plus those misdiagnosed......
Tertiary prevention, is action taken to prevent a known complication but has no effect of life course.
It is essentially palliative.
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