Top Value Health Screening Advice for the Most Common Cancers

Dubai, September 15, 2015 (Newswire.com) - The Eternity Institute of Medicine in Dubai has issued advice for health screening in Dubai for adults who are at risk without any visible symptoms for five common cancers such as breast, colorectal, ovarian, prostate, and cervical. Eternity also outlines a framework for thinking about the value of varying intensities of cancer screenings.

"Eternity wants smarter and accurate screenings at our health screening center in Dubai to inform individuals about the benefits and injury of a health screening and encouraging them to get screened at the right time, at the right interval, with the screenings" said a physician at the Facility. "Many individuals have a lack of understanding about the trade-offs of a health screening. There are many reports and studies that show that patients as well as many physicians overestimate the benefits and are unaware of and downplay the potential risks of cancer screenings."

When conducting a Screening for Cancer, Eternity reviews, clinical guidelines and evidence synthesis issued by the Authoritative bodies in the respective country. A physician explained, "We found a very common agreement on high value health screenings among different organizations and bodies and our advice puts that agreement together in one convenient place for physicians and patients. Many major physician organizations are looking at implementing strategies that best optimize the known benefits and harms of cancer screenings."

There are various types of health screenings that exist for each type of cancer. High intensity screening strategies are not necessarily high value care. Eternity defines high value care is priority in providing benefits and services that eliminates the risk at a reasonable cost, all the more worthwhile. Eternity encourages physicians to implement a health care strategy that focuses on screenings and treatment to improve an individual's health and eliminate harmful practices that can compromise the individual's health.

Health screening for cancer in adults who are at risk are usually between the ages of 50 to 75 for colorectal cancer with high sensitivity fecal occult blood testing every year, this is a good example of high value care. Health Screening for women without a cervix for cervical cancer is an example of low value care.

There can be serious damage that can happen to an individual as a result of an overly intense screening, which is over-diagnosed and over treated. The more sensitive the type of screening that is conducted the more abnormalities that are found, and many of which lead to health problems. But because many physicians are not able to tell which of these would or would not cause problems, they are often treated with an aggressive treatment plan. Treatment of cell and tissue abnormalities that will likely not cause health problems will not provide any benefits.

Eternity advises that health screenings are often a cascade of events rather than a single test. Optimal intensity screening strategies focus on individuals with a sufficient risk of having a potentially fatal cancer who also have low competing health risks from other causes. Although health screenings lead to important benefits for some cancers and certain individuals, it can also lead to significant harms to many more individuals than the actual benefits. Therefore, determining the value of screening strategies in the health screening clinic is complex, but not an impossibility.