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For Mrs. Berry, the test is worthwhile if there is the slightest chance that it might catch a cancer that can be cured.
The earlier you are trying to catch a cancer, the more likely a positive result will be a "technical artifact" caused by the test.
Mammograms allow us to catch a cancer at an early stage, which can mean avoiding chemotherapy or a mastectomy -- treatments that can be extremely difficult to endure both physically and mentally.
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BUT when his doctor caught a cancer in its early stages this employee was of course REALLY grateful the plan had forced him to see a doctor.
He has asked every year for a colonoscopy, a procedure that is absolutely necessary in such cases to catch an early cancer.
In order for a mammogram to save a life, it would have to catch a potentially deadly cancer in its early stages while it was still treatable.
Authorities in Kao-hsiung shut down the water supply for four days last month after three men were caught pouring a cancer-causing solvent, dimethyl benzene, into a tributary of the Kaoping River from a tanker.
Men who undergo the prostate-specific antigen, or P.S.A., test do so in the common belief that it is always good to catch and eliminate a cancer early before it has a chance to spread.
If true, the [test] would be a big deal for medicine because it could be used to catch cancer before a person shows symptoms.
According to Udvarhelyi, Independence Blue Cross' experience shows that only about 50% of people who should be getting colon cancer screenings do so, even though colonoscopies can catch cancer in an early and highly treatable stage.
Getting a regular full-body examination every year is an important way to catch skin cancer before it advances.[3].
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