On 25/09/2017 20:03, Rod Speed wrote:


"dennis@home" wrote in message
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On 24/09/2017 23:31, Bob Eager wrote:

They are complementary tests. Neither is definitive. Even a biopsy isn't
definitive!




They are definitive if they find something,

Nope, not even then. They dont always distinguish
between the slow growing cancers that can be safely
ignored and the fast growing ones with cant be.


That's the real problem. That's the point at which people panic and have
unnecessary surgery.



but they do miss as I now know.