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I listened to this yesterday and they talk about this at 25 minute mark: > the rate of thyroid-cancer diagnoses in the Republic of Korea was 15 times that observed in 1993, yet thyroid-cancer mortality remains stable[:] the problem is overdiagnosis [due to] screening. doi.org/10.1056/NEJM... 🧵👇🏼

youtu.beSomething Weird Is Going On With PlacebosYouTube video by The Rest Is Science

A_lethe_ion

@aletheion.bsky.social

so were those false positives or positives in elderly where the progress was slow enough to not matter?

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ

@olivia.science

It's a common thing across the board...

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.science

If you ignore false positives they could cripple the medical system, think of the NHS especially, or force people into needless testing, e.g. doi.org/10.1016/j.pv...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govFalse positive cervical HPV screening test resultsIn cervical cancer screening, HPV testing is best at reassuring women when they are negative, but proper management of HPV positives is still evolving. Most HPV infections are benign, and over-reactin...

A_lethe_ion

@aletheion.bsky.social

i know it is. sorry if my question was imprecise, its morning & i have to travel today x_x has korea had more false positives or is this true positives that nonetheless wont improve life quality bc the cancer grows slow and the patient is old, or bc of another terminal dx. or other reasons ?

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ

@olivia.science

oh, sorry, are you asking because you don't want to read the paper or because you don't have access or something else?

A_lethe_ion

@aletheion.bsky.social

no access atm bc travel but interested yes

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ

@olivia.science

safe travels, when you can read it do and/or also watch the video

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