So I had an op recently and I didn't get on with the Anaesthetist .
Besides being a general borish a hole he said something specific re medical info . I get regular liver enzyme tests and he said it didn't matter it wasn't very predective /
So i looked it up
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Enzyme levels in the blood routinely monitored by physicians as liver function indicators are also the best predictor of liver cancer risk in the general population, a team of scientists in Taiwan and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reports today in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
"These two enzymes alone predicted 91 percent of liver cancer cases in our prospective study," said senior author Xifeng Wu, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chair of MD Anderson's Department of Epidemiology. "If our research is confirmed in other studies, we'd have a measure for liver cancer risk that's easy to apply via a simple blood test that's already in widespread clinical use."
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Look i know Dr Google yadayada .
But here is the thing. I have caught docs lying before . They seem to want to tell you what they want you to believe regardless of the facts . Problem is this does not only lower their personal cred but the cred of docs generally .
thes
Another question why would an an anaesthestist launch into full on lifestyle counseling right before an op ?? Particularly if he has no talent for it ! I can't think of a worse time leaving me upset and agro before an op .
Besides being a general borish a hole he said something specific re medical info . I get regular liver enzyme tests and he said it didn't matter it wasn't very predective /
So i looked it up
Quote
Enzyme levels in the blood routinely monitored by physicians as liver function indicators are also the best predictor of liver cancer risk in the general population, a team of scientists in Taiwan and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reports today in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
"These two enzymes alone predicted 91 percent of liver cancer cases in our prospective study," said senior author Xifeng Wu, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chair of MD Anderson's Department of Epidemiology. "If our research is confirmed in other studies, we'd have a measure for liver cancer risk that's easy to apply via a simple blood test that's already in widespread clinical use."
Unquote
Look i know Dr Google yadayada .
But here is the thing. I have caught docs lying before . They seem to want to tell you what they want you to believe regardless of the facts . Problem is this does not only lower their personal cred but the cred of docs generally .
thes
Another question why would an an anaesthestist launch into full on lifestyle counseling right before an op ?? Particularly if he has no talent for it ! I can't think of a worse time leaving me upset and agro before an op .
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