"Screening and some types of medical care are now articles of faith that science cannot overcome."

"(...) And then there is this sobering review article in Circulation entitled, Cancer Therapy–Induced Cardiac Toxicity in Early Breast Cancer Addressing the Unresolved Issues.  The vastness of that review article, and the fact that we have created an entire branch of cardiology to deal with medically-induced heart disease, makes you think hard about early treatment of anything.
This is important stuff. It’s not intended as anti-mammography or anti-chemotherapy.
It’s intended to make us all think about the tradeoffs of doing stuff."

Two excellent posts by @drjohnm on Not #ChoosingWisely and infeffective diagnostic tests http://t.co/fX49hb8mzH + http://t.co/7M2HYgOkSe
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) February 13, 2014

@drjohnm @olgakhazan Screening and some types of medical care are now articles of faith that science cannot overcome.
— Richard Vaughn MD (@rvaughnmd) February 13, 2014

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