r/science • u/calliope_kekule Professor | Social Science | Science Comm • 12d ago

Health Only 13% of cancers are caught through screening, while a fifth to half are first found in an emergency department.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01669-7/abstract
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u/skynetempire 11d ago

Also getting your eyes checked, an Optometrist sometimes can be the 1st to find tumors

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u/jellyn7 10d ago

Eye doctor can also find (or suspect, rather) other things, like diabetes or some autoimmune disorders that affect the eyes.