tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519234397783312626.post7902958007436317829..comments2023-10-09T11:42:57.305-04:00Comments on Healthcare, etc.: CT screening for lung CA: an epidemiology primerMarya Zilberberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16080475886113209344noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519234397783312626.post-29525300257708392942010-11-13T10:05:27.576-05:002010-11-13T10:05:27.576-05:00Thanks, MIchael, I agree. In general, all this scr...Thanks, MIchael, I agree. In general, all this screening is not netting us very much, other than radiation exposure and higher costs, IMO.<br /><br />I think that it is not necessarily steel workers themselves (though smoking cessation help is needed), but the industry as a whole needs to work on diminishing carcinogen exposures, no? <br /><br />I have been reading your stuff on abx stewardship, and I am so happy you are writing about it, thanks! <br /><br />MaryaMarya Zilberberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16080475886113209344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519234397783312626.post-78899402268845817742010-11-13T09:35:13.430-05:002010-11-13T09:35:13.430-05:00Nice post. Steelworkers need education, not CT sc...Nice post. Steelworkers need education, not CT screening, in my view.Michael Kirsch, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07555280388086931097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519234397783312626.post-33207924258932450382010-11-10T11:40:49.271-05:002010-11-10T11:40:49.271-05:00Pat, thanks for the comment! I absolutely agree wi...Pat, thanks for the comment! I absolutely agree with you that we woefully neglect cancer prevention at our own peril. And all the pink ribbons in the world will not replace an ounce of this prevention. But the precautionary principle in our approach to environmental exposures is as political as the decades of smoke-in-mirrors (pun intentional and I am not remorseful!) about the safety of cigarettes. It is politics at its worst!Marya Zilberberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16080475886113209344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519234397783312626.post-28047216451879821212010-11-10T11:36:21.341-05:002010-11-10T11:36:21.341-05:00Helpful post. I would think that the numbers alrea...Helpful post. I would think that the numbers already exist for steelworkers health and healthcare expenditures. What are the current steelworker data?<br />The dollars will be the deciding factor. The steelworkeers and all Americans are slowly losing their access to primary care. Will they realize that they should demand PC access first, to deal with prevention and smoking cessation before worrying about CT scans? I wonder who does that calculation?A. Patrick Jonas, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935504320560038973noreply@blogger.com