Dr. Peter Attia

That would be 90% of what would kill me in the next decade. Okay. So you're not alone, right, in feeling that way. That's a rational fear. Fortunately, given your age, you're 42, your 10-year mortality from cancer is still very low. It's probably in the 2% to 3% range. But that's not zero. Right.

That would be 90% of what would kill me in the next decade. Okay. So you're not alone, right, in feeling that way. That's a rational fear. Fortunately, given your age, you're 42, your 10-year mortality from cancer is still very low. It's probably in the 2% to 3% range. But that's not zero. Right.

That would be 90% of what would kill me in the next decade. Okay. So you're not alone, right, in feeling that way. That's a rational fear. Fortunately, given your age, you're 42, your 10-year mortality from cancer is still very low. It's probably in the 2% to 3% range. But that's not zero. Right.

Some of the stuff you've been exposed to, I'm sure.

Some of the stuff you've been exposed to, I'm sure.

Some of the stuff you've been exposed to, I'm sure.

Yeah, I mean, I think the only thing you can do is you sort of have to decide, am I willing to trade that anxiety for another anxiety? Because you're going to have to deal with some anxiety. So anxiety one is, I'm just going to worry about it, but I'm not going to go looking.

Yeah, I mean, I think the only thing you can do is you sort of have to decide, am I willing to trade that anxiety for another anxiety? Because you're going to have to deal with some anxiety. So anxiety one is, I'm just going to worry about it, but I'm not going to go looking.

Yeah, I mean, I think the only thing you can do is you sort of have to decide, am I willing to trade that anxiety for another anxiety? Because you're going to have to deal with some anxiety. So anxiety one is, I'm just going to worry about it, but I'm not going to go looking.

Anxiety two is, I'm going to do everything in my power to screen and look for this, but I'm very likely going to find a bunch of things that aren't cancer. Those are called false positives. So which of those, and this is a very individual decision, but which of those gives you more stress?

Anxiety two is, I'm going to do everything in my power to screen and look for this, but I'm very likely going to find a bunch of things that aren't cancer. Those are called false positives. So which of those, and this is a very individual decision, but which of those gives you more stress?

Anxiety two is, I'm going to do everything in my power to screen and look for this, but I'm very likely going to find a bunch of things that aren't cancer. Those are called false positives. So which of those, and this is a very individual decision, but which of those gives you more stress?

Are you more stressed just sitting here worrying about it, or are you going to be more stressed if we turn over every stone, screen the hell out of you, and find a bunch of things that ultimately will not be cancer, but we're going to have to chase them down? Which one of those is more anxiety provoking?

Are you more stressed just sitting here worrying about it, or are you going to be more stressed if we turn over every stone, screen the hell out of you, and find a bunch of things that ultimately will not be cancer, but we're going to have to chase them down? Which one of those is more anxiety provoking?

Are you more stressed just sitting here worrying about it, or are you going to be more stressed if we turn over every stone, screen the hell out of you, and find a bunch of things that ultimately will not be cancer, but we're going to have to chase them down? Which one of those is more anxiety provoking?

Do you get... Well, again, it's a very personal decision, just like we were talking about with the vaccines earlier. There's not a right answer. And if every single patient I'm talking to I'm not trying to impose my will on them or my beliefs or even what I do. I want to help them understand probabilities. This is the probability of you getting any of these types of cancers.

Do you get... Well, again, it's a very personal decision, just like we were talking about with the vaccines earlier. There's not a right answer. And if every single patient I'm talking to I'm not trying to impose my will on them or my beliefs or even what I do. I want to help them understand probabilities. This is the probability of you getting any of these types of cancers.

Do you get... Well, again, it's a very personal decision, just like we were talking about with the vaccines earlier. There's not a right answer. And if every single patient I'm talking to I'm not trying to impose my will on them or my beliefs or even what I do. I want to help them understand probabilities. This is the probability of you getting any of these types of cancers.

this is the probability of this test that we do giving a false positive. This is the probability of it giving a false negative. And again, we know all of this stuff. Like we know for every test we do, there are these two mathematical terms. One is called sensitivity and one is called specificity. So if you do that liquid blood, so what you're referring to, I assume is a liquid biopsy.

this is the probability of this test that we do giving a false positive. This is the probability of it giving a false negative. And again, we know all of this stuff. Like we know for every test we do, there are these two mathematical terms. One is called sensitivity and one is called specificity. So if you do that liquid blood, so what you're referring to, I assume is a liquid biopsy.