Cancer Screening, Surrogates of Survival, and the Soma

Screening leads to meaningful reductions in deaths from cancers. However, reductions in all-cause mortality (ACM) are harder to demonstrate. Failure to demonstrate ACM benefit should not diminish advances in cancer screening. We consider how co-morbidities related to an aging and damaged soma can hinder achievement of ACM benefit.

from Cancer Cell https://ift.tt/2FL7zt6
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