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Freakonomics, M.D.

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Is There a Lea Time Bias?

Lea time bias is the tendency to focus on survival from the time of diagnosis. Any screening intervention that does not make people live longer is not effective, even if it diagnoses you with cancer earlier. The quality of a person's remaining life might be different because of how they choose to live life.

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