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jellybaby in reply to @lynx

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?

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lynx in reply to @jellybaby

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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Ben689908 in reply to @lynx

PSAs for the prostate. Can also indicate prostatitis, which is - I think - inflammation.
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Muc-ed-off in reply to @lynx

Better to be tested and a false positive.

Curiously, increased testing without commensurate indications that something is wrong is correlated with negative patient outcomes.

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