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• 29 May 08
  

  Douglas Atlas

  Response to Gordon Brown's ill-considered screening idea

  screening diabetes politics uk

  • The screening announced by Gordon Brown for diabetes, aneurysms, kidney disease, and the rest simply does not meet these criteria.
  • Consider cervical cancer as an example: It is necessary to screen 1000 women for 35 years to prevent one death—which means, therefore, that 999 women will receive no benefit from screening. Worse, some 40% may have a positive smear and 5% may have needless invasive treatment

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