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Tags: colon cancer

9/14/2017

U.S. News compares accuracy of colon cancer screening tests, but what about costs?

4/5/2017

CNN claims aspirin can reduce cancer death risk, falling into observational study trap

1 8/5/2016

Excellent job by FiveThirtyEight on why at-home colon cancer tests are a good screening option

6/20/2016

Colon cancer screening news: HealthDay’s story missed opportunity to go beyond news release

10/2/2015

US News story confused about difference between rats and people

1 8/27/2015

Harms, limitations explored in Reuters Health’s aspirin/colon cancer coverage

2 8/14/2015

High score for HealthDay coverage of “scoring system” for colonoscopy candidates

7/1/2015

Report on “immersive” colonoscopy features lots of flash, but few evidence-supported facts

6/2/2015

Keytruda and colon cancer: coverage of benefits not balanced with harms and cost info

4/22/2015

Aspirin for cancer prevention: A few small details would make a big difference in this story

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FINALLY..... a commonsense analysis of yet more HYPE in the media about the next great hope for eliminating breast cancer. Thanks @mcjaklevic and @HealthNewsRevu. https://twitter.com/garyschwitzer/status/1192417365843206145

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Here we go again: another “simple blood test" for early detection of breast cancer. News reports shout “CANCER BREAKTHROUGH” & other hype for preliminary, very limited findings. https://www.healthnewsreview.org/2019/11/theranos-redux-not-really-but-claim-of-a-simple-test-for-breast-cancer-warrants-scrutiny/

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TV reporter buys medical marketer’s pitch for live mammogram. Ends up w/ mastectomy. The reporting on this episode has been abysmal. HT to @DrAttai @MichelleTregear https://www.healthnewsreview.org/2019/11/breast-center-marketing-pitch-via-reporters-live-streamed-mammogram-was-a-bad-idea/

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