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Re:Blood test that finds 50 types of cancer is accurate enou... by mbesto on Friday June 25, 2021 @08:26AM (#27629869)
> A lot of data has been collected on this, studies (many) have been conducted and the general consensus is that more testing absent symptoms does not lead to improved patient outcomes.

Where can I find the studies that conclude this?

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Re:Blood test that finds 50 types of cancer is accurate enou... by jacquesm on Friday June 25, 2021 @08:36AM (#27629949)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK66205/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK223933/

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/may/12/annual-scree...

Those are popular and accessible, the actual studies you can find through Google Scholar, SciHub or various medical publications.

This is not something where the general public - or software developers, who seem to treat cancer as a bug that needs to be fixed - are going to be very helpful, I am more than happy to trust the medical establishment with this.

What would be a game changer would be rather than improved testing something that would destroy tumors in-situ in a non-invasive manner that does not involve radiation or attempts to poison the body just this side of death.

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