Screening finds cancers that would never have caused harm, but programmes only report cancers found. Publishing the estimated overdiagnosis rate alongside would make the trade-off visible.
Overdiagnosis is estimable from excess cumulative incidence versus unscreened comparators and from modelling. Propose a regulatory requirement for annual reporting of estimated overdiagnosis, false positives, and procedures per cancer, in standard formats, for every publicly funded screening programme and any reimbursed MCED.
Shares Overdiagnosis in cancer, Overdiagnosis and false alarms, Incentives reward me-too drugs and marginal gains.
Shares Overdiagnosis in cancer, Overdiagnosis and false alarms.
Shares Overdiagnosis in cancer, Overdiagnosis and false alarms.
Shares Overdiagnosis in cancer, Overdiagnosis and false alarms.
Shares Overdiagnosis in cancer, Overdiagnosis and false alarms.
Shares Overdiagnosis in cancer, Overdiagnosis and false alarms.
Shares Overdiagnosis in cancer, Overdiagnosis and false alarms.
Shares Overdiagnosis in cancer, Overdiagnosis and false alarms.