Statistics show an arthritic knee is linked with lung cancer...should doctors insist on an X ray follow up?Is this statistic common knowledge in the medical world for GPs?
More common in men...should women be included for follow up?
- holey moley
I doubt it is for GPs, unless they read all the medical journals, such as the New England Journal of Medicine, the AMA Journal, or The Lancet.
If the GP doesn't suggest the follow-up knee xray, the patient should insist on it, and order a chest xray, too.
Just because it hasn't been studied in women doesn't mean they aren't at risk.
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