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I don't know the literature as well for Breast Cancer, but at least as implemented in the UK there seems to be clear evidence for reduction in all-cause mortali
by dontreact 6y ago
I don't know the literature as well for Breast Cancer, but at least as implemented in the UK there seems to be clear evidence for reduction in all-cause mortality. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6121088/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6121088/
Edit: hastily posted an article without reading it... this is not correct.
- TaupeRanger 6y agoThis study demonstrates what would be necessary to show a possible reduction - it doesn't show an actual reduction. But it would be encouraging to see such a study at some point.
- dontreact 6y agoYeah I messed this one up. Thanks. I think my point about Lung Cancer in the other thread. still stands. There are no RCTs, but at this point it seems not likely to happen for mammography. Perhaps for DBT though. I am optimistic that DBT + AI assistance will produce significantly different results than screening using a single reader on mammography.
- dontreact 6y agoAlso I think you are painting an ongoing disagreement in the medical community (do we need to measure all-cause, or just breast cancer related mortality) as settled. There are good arguments on both sides, but I think that we have a much better shot at turning the breast-cancer specific mortality boost into all-cause mortality boost by continuing to improve treatment, biopsy, screening etc.