Should you make a fellowship decision based upon trends in the market?

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I think that a fellowship should be based upon your personality type and what you want to be doing for the rest of your life. But I think that market trends should also play a role in your decision to choose a fellowship. There's an article with some of this information called How to Choose a Radiology Fellowship. What do you think?
 
the stuff coming out of europe makes me more apprehensive of mammo. Wasn't really interested in mammo but it made me less interested.
 
I think it's a lot more simple than this.

Either do what you really like, or do what you want to get better at.
 
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If you can predict market trends, then you are in the wrong field. Let me rephrase. You could make a whole heck of a lot more money in another field with that ability.
 
Market trends should not be used as a primary deciding factor to do a fellowship. It is only after all other considerations that you may want to add this factor if you are on the fence.