The Wall Street Journal reports that the American Cancer Society questions the relative value of screening for breast and prostate cancer, which are the two most common types of cancer.
However, Clark wants to caution you
not to get the wrong message from this new development. Screenings are valuable, but it's what you do with the information that's even more important.
Clark, for example, discovered that he has early stage prostate cancer. Yet he has around a 46 percent chance of never needing any treatment for his particular disease profile. But when he tells people he hasn't had treatment, they freak out. So often in our culture, diagnosis equals treatment. But it's not done that way all over the world, particularly in Europe.
There is some basic wisdom Clark can share that doesn't change:
• Get tested.
• Don't panic.
• Read medical journals so you can be the manager of your own health.
• Act -- don't react -- based on what you find.
