Cancer overdiagnosis: a biological challenge and clinical dilemma
Cancer overdiagnosis: a biological challenge and clinical dilemma
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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English
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For cancer screening to be successful, it should primarily detect cancers with lethal potential or their precursors early, leading to therapy that reduces mortality and morbidity. Screening programmes have been successful for colon and cervical cancers, where subsequent surgical removal of precursor lesions has resulted in a reduction in cancer inc...
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Cancer overdiagnosis: a biological challenge and clinical dilemma
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_8819710
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1474-175X,1474-1768
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1474-1768
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10.1038/s41568-019-0142-8
