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Hopeful · 03-04-2016, 07:45 AM

I would be really curious to see if, for example, colon cancer patients develop PTSD. I think the entire breast cancer treatment industry (my personal definition of it) is fear based - scaring women into self-exams, screenings, and overtreatment. It is important not to lose sight of the fact that medicine is a business, and bc is a huge profit center for screening centers, drug makers, docs and hospitals. Is it no wonder this is the result?

Hopeful

03-04-2016, 07:45 AM	#4
Hopeful Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,380	Re: Majority of breast cancer patients develop symptoms of PTSD I would be really curious to see if, for example, colon cancer patients develop PTSD. I think the entire breast cancer treatment industry (my personal definition of it) is fear based - scaring women into self-exams, screenings, and overtreatment. It is important not to lose sight of the fact that medicine is a business, and bc is a huge profit center for screening centers, drug makers, docs and hospitals. Is it no wonder this is the result? Hopeful