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It's actually more complicated than that- we'd need to know the survival rate for procedures carried out at different discovery times. If the cancer is basical
by awakeasleep 8y ago
It's actually more complicated than that- we'd need to know the survival rate for procedures carried out at different discovery times.
If the cancer is basically inoperable, or if there isn't a big difference in outcome based on time of detection, then there wouldn't be an appreciable change in survival rates
- carbocation 8y ago> If the cancer is basically inoperable, or if there isn't a big difference in outcome based on time of detection, then there wouldn't be an appreciable change in survival rates Lead time bias tells you that even if there is no effective treatment, you will appear to live longer thanks to earlier discovery of the disease. It was a hot topic with regard to prostate cancer a few years ago.