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Med Sci (Paris)
Volume 39, Number 11, Novembre 2023
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Page(s) | 885 - 887 | |
Section | Forum | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/medsci/2023158 | |
Published online | 29 November 2023 |
Le dépistage du cancer sauve-t-il vraiment des vies ?
Chroniques génomiques
Does cancer screening really save lives ?
Biologiste, généticien et immunologiste, Président d’Aprogène (Association pour la promotion de la Génomique), 13007 Marseille, France
Abstract
Systematic screening for specific cancers has been shown to reduce cancer-specific mortality, but has not demonstrated an effect on all-cause mortality. This paradox is due to minor but frequent risks of screening bearing on a large population, and also to the small beneficial effect expected even if screening is highly efficient. Upcoming multicancer detection approaches should allow a better detection of the effect (if any) of screening on all-cause mortality.
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