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  • Wonder how Chris Hoy cancer was missed, he has/had regular blood test wouldn't a simple additional test.

    Hopefully his diagnosis will save lives.

  • I thought testing for 'everything' generates a fairly high false positive rate and lots of unnecessary and sometimes unpleasant unneeded procedures? Blood tests work well when combined with other symptoms or targeted groups.

    Didn't he also retire a decade ago so would probably have stopped having whatever blood tests elite athletes have and yet that's plenty of time for cancer to start?

  • This is why an annual full body MOT for humans makes sense. A physical and some bloods.

  • Isn't it biomarkers in the blood so show up in the test that something isn't right.

    Better to be tested and a false positive. So further tests.

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