Should blood tests to screen for cancer be used on a population basis? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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The episode discusses the implications of using blood tests for cancer screening in large populations and the potential delays in diagnosis for unscreened individuals.
When large populations of people were screened for multiple cancers using a blood test, not only didn’t cancers get found earlier, others who were not screened had delays in their diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center … Should blood tests to screen for cancer be used on a population basis? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »
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