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61. Should You Bother Getting a Colonoscopy?

Freakonomics, M.D.

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Colonoscopy Screening and Colorectal Cancer Death - What's the Feedback?

It may be a little early to see the full effect of colonoscopy on death. It takes time from people getting the disease until dying from it, he says. The other argument is that colonoscopy screening is intended to prevent colorectal cancer. He adds: "There were some heated discussions the first days after the publication"

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