Tompkins County Public Library

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

LIBRARY TO HOST “IS CANCER OVER-DIAGNOSED?”

The Tompkins County Public Library, in partnership with the Cornell Campus Club, will host “Is Cancer Over-Diagnosed?,” a presentation by Anatomic and Clinical Pathologist Dr. William Shang, Tuesday, May 17 at 7:00 PM in the BorgWarner Community Room.

Director of the Allyn B. Ley Laboratory at Cornell University’s Gannett Health Services Center and the Cortland Regional Medical Center Laboratory, Shang will offer a thought-provoking discussion on a phenomenon well-known within the medical profession--- while more cancer is being detected and more people treated, paradoxically the death rate is largely unchanged for certain types of cancer.

Well-meaning advocacy groups, malpractice lawsuits, hospital, specialist and drug company marketing all encourage cancer screening, but according to Shang and many others in the medical profession, this pursuit of early diagnosis not only escalates health care costs but leads to anxiety and unnecessary-- and sometimes harmful-- treatments.

This program is free and open to the public.  For more information, contact Carrie Wheeler-Carmenatty at (607) 272-4557 extension 248.

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