How do cancer screening guidelines trade off benefits versus harms and burdens of screening? A systematic survey

Objectives Cancer screening guidelines differ in their recommendations for or against screening. To be able to provide explicit recommendations, guidelines need to specify thresholds for the magnitude of benefits of screening, given its harms and burdens. We evaluated how current cancer screening gu...

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Main Authors: Lise Mørkved Helsingen, Reed Alexander Siemieniuk, Fernando Kenji Nampo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-12-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/12/e038322.full