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Do Cancer Screening Tests Really Save Lives?

Miriam Davis   |   Clinical Summary   |   31 August 2023
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Key findings

Common cancer screening tests, except for sigmoidoscopy, fail to produce gains in life expectancy, according to a meta-analysis of 2.1 million individuals from 18 randomised clinical trials. The findings by an international team, including Norwegian, Swedish, and Polish researchers, appear in JAMA Internal Medicine .

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