Cancer screening - does it save lives? - a podcast by BMJ Group

The claim that cancer screening saves lives is based on fewer deaths due to the target cancer. Vinay Prasad, assistant professor at Oregon Health and Science University, joins us to argue that reductions in overall mortality should be the benchmark and call for higher standards of evidence for cancer screening.

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http://www.bmj.com/content/352/bmj.h6080

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