title: Is earlier diagnosis really better? The misleading effects of lead time and length biases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ling
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D019937:Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D013995:Time; D013997:Time Factors