Cancer Detection
False-alarm cancer tests cost people big money, not just peace of mind
Published in Cancer Weekly, January 11th, 2005
"I thought, well, if they offer these tests, I'll take them, free and all," said the 75-year-old retiree from suburban Detroit.
But those free tests wound up costing a lot. By the time it was over, he had had more blood tests, a biopsy of his prostate, and a colonoscopy, thousands of dollars of additional work, just to prove that he didn't have cancer after all.
Screening tests that turn out to be false alarms can cost people a lot more than lost sleep. A new study found that people spent an...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2005-01-11)
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