benson diagnosed with stage 4 cancer last year apparently.

Are there any methods of routine scanning which will pick up cancer in the body before it gets to stage 4 upwards?

You would think AI can be somehow harnessed to help with this

      Dario G was named after the then Crewe Alexandra manager Dario Gradi.

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      • erik replied to this.

        Hursty Not unless you have some data to go on. Many people just feel run down and then when they finally seek medical attgention it is too late.

        Lots of work going into screening programmes but there are established principles for screening.

        I do a poop blood test every year.

        • Amps replied to this.

            Steve Sweeney age just 74. Probably best known for role as ‘Plank’ In Lock,stock .

            Thought he was black!

            • Dan replied to this.

              Donald Sutherland, Mashed and brown bread.

              Always enjoy his role in animal house.

              …RIP Steve Sweeney, friend of a friend, hung out a few times, fine actor, hilarious fella

              Amps the problem with that is that it throws up a load of benign findings that then get investigated. Which is pointless.

              We call them incidentalomas. Incidental finding of something completely harmless.

              Speak to a plastic surgeon who does melanoma work and they will tell you to get a mole check every 3 months. A colorectal surgeon will tell you to watch for bowel cancer etc etc.

              I’ve found 2 cancers in patients waiting for hip surgery who were anaemic. They had bowel cancer. But I see hundreds of patients with anaemia every year.

              GPs get blamed for missing stuff. But it’s really hard. Even in suspected cancer clinics - we call them 2 week wait clinics - only 4% of people referred have cancer.

              Unexplained weight loss, fatigue and night sweats are probably the big three in terms of non-specific symptoms.

              Scanning yourself every year will just add to health anxiety.

              Take the Edward smsllman aporoach and live and let live on broccoli and runs and romantic holidays with your builder. Worry less and live more!