Is earlier diagnosis really better? The misleading effects of lead time and length biases

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1990 Sep;155(3):625-30. doi: 10.2214/ajr.155.3.2117366.
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MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Male
  • Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Time Factors*
  • Time*