BRS Path/Qbank inconsistency?

[moo]

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So I got a question from qbank that asked what was the rationale for a pediatrician to recommend surgery to a kid with cryptochordism and the answer was to prevent cancer. But in BRS it says that even with surgical correction, the incidence of cancer is still greatly increased. What's up with that?

 

[BrooklynDO]

So I got a question from qbank that asked what was the rationale for a pediatrician to recommend surgery to a kid with cryptochordism and the answer was to prevent cancer. But in BRS it says that even with surgical correction, the incidence of cancer is still greatly increased. What's up with that?

both are right, you can try to prevent cancer, which is why you cut, but it doesnt mean that statistically the cancer incidence is not still greatly increased.
from what you said, brs doesnt say that surgery doesnt decrease cancer, it says that the chance is still high, with no reference to a difference in chance with surgery

 

[lf777]

Hi

If you leave it in the abdomen, chances of cancer are very high. If you do surgery, earlier IS better, but the risk is only slightly higher than normals.

lf

 

[Gauss]

So I got a question from qbank that asked what was the rationale for a pediatrician to recommend surgery to a kid with cryptochordism and the answer was to prevent cancer. But in BRS it says that even with surgical correction, the incidence of cancer is still greatly increased. What's up with that?

the surgery is to bring down the testicles into the scrotum, not removal
total removal would be the only method preventing cancer

 

[dredd]

Yup, the undescended testes is brought down to the scrotum to allow for monthly self-testicular checks and periodic testicular checks by the physician. It does not prevent testicular cancer from occuring, these patients still need to be followed for their increased risk of testicular cancer (in both testes actually) for life.