title: Why cancer screening has never been shown to "save lives"--and what we can do about it.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA prasad@ohsu.edu.
authors.forename: Vinay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.affiliation: New York, USA.
authors.forename: Jeanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lenzer
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA.
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Newman
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality; D009780:Occult Blood; D011639:Public Opinion; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D018401:Sample Size; D013315:Stress, Psychological