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61. Should You Bother Getting a Colonoscopy?

Freakonomics, M.D.

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Effective Colonoscopy Screening for Chloroectyl Cancer

Most countries do not actively recommend colonoscopy as a primary screening test for the general population because people think it's too invasive. Michael Shaka: There was a lack of randomized trials that can quantify the benefits until we published our study. Study is titled Effective Colonoscopy Screening on Risks of Chloroectyl Cancer and Related Death in New England Journal of Medicine.

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