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Buffett’s prostate cancer: poor decisions (blast from the past)

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Posted 5/1/2023 6:45 PM (GMT 0)
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/buffetts-prostate-cancer-poor-decisions-201204234621

i remember when buffett was diagnosed some were critical of his decision to be treated and in fact to even be PSA tested at his age.
Posted 5/1/2023 9:09 PM (GMT 0)
So he is 92 now and still one of the richest men. He did not get to that age and wealth by making a lot of bad decisions, I am sure he had plenty of sick days saved up. I think he was just trying to get some of his money back from the Buffett Cancer center.
Posted 5/2/2023 6:48 PM (GMT 0)
The USPSTF has since moderated their stance against PSA testing, but I firmly believe that testing should be lifelong. My neighbor religiously had testing until he was about 70. He stopped because of the advice against testing older men. Now, he has stage 4 PCa.

I’m not in favor of low risk men jumping into unnecessary treatment. But, diagnosis should be non-controversial and universal.
Posted 5/2/2023 7:00 PM (GMT 0)

ASAdvocate said...
The USPSTF has since moderated their stance against PSA testing, but I firmly believe that testing should be lifelong. My neighbor religiously had testing until he was about 70. He stopped because of the advice against testing older men. Now, he has stage 4 PCa.

I’m not in favor of low risk men jumping into unnecessary treatment. But, diagnosis should be non-controversial and universal.

yeah i agree. i know you remember what was going on back then. we even had a forum member who after being successfully treated for high risk prostate cancer at a fairly young age became a paid "advocate" against PSA testing for younger men
Posted 5/3/2023 1:48 AM (GMT 0)
It is Buffet’s body and if he wanted treated it was his choice. Maybe heheh wants to live to 100.
Posted 5/3/2023 5:46 PM (GMT 0)

Duck2 said...
It is Buffet’s body and if he wanted treated it was his choice. Maybe heheh wants to live to 100.

buffett says he eats 2700 calories a day. McDonalds for breakfast and 25% of his calories are from coca cola
Posted 5/3/2023 5:58 PM (GMT 0)
I thought Coke Zero was supposed to be the best Coke ever.
Posted 5/4/2023 4:42 AM (GMT 0)

mattam said...
I thought Coke Zero was supposed to be the best Coke ever.

i know gatorade zero is the best gatorade
Posted 5/5/2023 10:56 AM (GMT 0)
Yes, we all remember what was going on then. It was controversial then, and today he probably would have been put on on AS or WW--but those were also not nearly as well established as they are now.

He's made it 15 years, without seeming to have serious downside effects.

So, what was the purpose of posting it? It seems as if the controversy around screening has mostly died down.
Posted 5/5/2023 2:35 PM (GMT 0)
Since we are off topic let me say that Warren hasn't made too many bad decisions:

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/brk-b/chart?p=brk-b#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--
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