Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Early detection does not necessarily lead to decreased cancer mortality. Why? Lead time bias and overdiagnosis.https://twitter.com/FriendsOfSciMed/status/1067540820524359680 …
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Replying to @gorskon
This point was made at least as early as the essay by Arnold Relman, when he was editor-in-chief of NEJM, that reports of higher 5-year-survival in most forms of cancer were mainly a reflection of earlier diagnosis rather than improved treatment.
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Replying to @SteveTiger999
Yup. That's why cancer mortality is where the rubber his the road.
5:56 PM - 27 Nov 2018
from Coronado, CA
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