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61. Should You Bother Getting a Colonoscopy?

Freakonomics, M.D.

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Colonoscopy Screening

Dr. Asma Shaka: Observational studies are always optimistic and more rosy than real life. We should hold invasive tests like colonoscopies to the same standard we hold drugs, she says. Dr. Michael Bredhauer: I would start with explaining them their risk of getting colorectal cancer.

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