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undignified, unfunny, unaward-winning journalist doing health + cancer @STATNews. by: @wbur @npr @sciam @wnyc |PGP key @ https://t.co/bN1GBY0wLX| English:Español:中文
Oct 10, 2022 9 tweets 3 min read
We @statnews published this story on the first randomized trial evaluating #colonoscopy #screening for colorectal #cancer. tl;dr - results disappointed docs, but many nuances to consider.🧵continues on nuances, impt details, and health news you can use 1/8 statnews.com/2022/10/09/in-… At first glance, intent to screen colonoscopy did not reduce colon cancer deaths in this trial. It did reduce cancer incidence by 18% which is great. Biggest caveat is that only 42% of the ppl in the screening group actually got a colonoscopy 2/8