Ray D'arcy on RTE Radio 1 **Mod Warning post 1** 27th Jan Forward

BarryD2 wrote: »

I dunno, what can he compare it to? Are there any comparable screening tests for men between say 20 & 60? Maybe bowel screening after that but none for men otherwise I think.

I brought this up with a doctor once - there's no prostate cancer screening in Ireland. Had a special interest in it as my Dad had cancer for ten years that began as prostate cancer. But she told me that the screening for prostate cancer is a lot less reliable, so it wouldn't necessarily be picked up anyway, and would create a lot of false positives.

I know, the cervical screening programme and breast check have been shown to be imperfect, but I think it's of a different order of magnitude - especially the newer generation of cervical screening test.

It's a bit like the lung cancer screening programme that's been proposed by the Irish Cancer Society. Great idea in theory, but gicen finite resources, we have to be careful not to allocate money away from programmes with greater success rates.

goochy wrote: »

never thought i would say it think i would prefer Ray
would actually prefer Baz - cant listen to all this feminine - loveyness with Katherine - surprise surprise having a baby has gone to her head

it's Mumsnet on the radio. I realised this when the show began and just don't bother listening these days. Moncrieff, although a Dad himself is a great antidote.