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Cancer screening harms more people than it saves

Cancer screening harms more people than it saves

This is the second in a series of three articles for the IAI by Dr Welch on screening. Read the first article, “We are overcounting cancer cases by vast amounts,” here. When leading physician and health policy researcher H. Gilbert Welch reviewed 30 years of data from a landmark cancer screening trial, he was stunned: screening hadn’t helped people live longer. …

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