Just goes to show how little Not-a-Doctor Paul knows. First, in order to minimize lead time bias effects (that's what it's called), mortality statistics are what we look at. 1/ https://twitter.com/DrPaulND/status/1063900661245329408 …
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The decline in breast cancer mortality has been particularly impressive, nearly 40% over the last 30 years. 3/
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That's not to say there aren't areas where we're not doing as well. For instance, likely from liver cancer has increased, probably due to hepatitis C. But overall science-based medicine and public health interventions are making steady progress in decreasing cancer mortality. 4/4
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Mortality from liver cancer. Autocorrect/autocomplete is really messing with me today.
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