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Carolyn Barber, MD<p>Harmless cancers are being overdiagnosed &amp; overtreated in America. &quot;In our exuberance to find these cancers, we have basically turned a lot of healthy people who are not destined to die from cancers into patients,” says Dr. Ade Adamson, a cancer screening expert. Check out my new piece👇 <br /><a href="https://tinyurl.com/4bzfnhd3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/4bzfnhd3</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/Cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Cancer</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/cancerawareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cancerawareness</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/overdiagnosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>overdiagnosis</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/breastcancerawareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>breastcancerawareness</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/prostatecancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>prostatecancer</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/thyroidcancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>thyroidcancer</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/melanoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>melanoma</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/overtreatment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>overtreatment</span></a></p>
Carolyn Barber, MD<p><a href="https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2214122" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa221</span><span class="invisible">4122</span></a></p><p>If you’re interested in learning more, check out my book, Runaway Medicine. amzn.to/3pWaQKo </p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/ProstateCancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ProstateCancer</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/prostatecancerawareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>prostatecancerawareness</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/radiotherapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>radiotherapy</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/overtreatment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>overtreatment</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/radiationtherapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>radiationtherapy</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/radiation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>radiation</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/cancerawareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cancerawareness</span></a><br /><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/medtwitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>medtwitter</span></a></p>
Karl Voit :emacs: :orgmode:<p><a href="https://graz.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> Services as Credence Goods: a Field Experiment<br><a href="https://academic.oup.com/ej/article-abstract/130/629/1346/5766223" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">academic.oup.com/ej/article-ab</span><span class="invisible">stract/130/629/1346/5766223</span></a></p><p>"a test patient who does not need treatment is sent to 180 <a href="https://graz.social/tags/dentists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dentists</span></a> [...]. [...] we vary the socio-economic status of the patient and whether a second opinion signal is sent."</p><p>"We observe an <a href="https://graz.social/tags/overtreatment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>overtreatment</span></a> recommendation rate of 28% [...]. [...] fewer overtreatment recommendations for patients with higher socio-economic status"</p><p>"Dentists with shorter waiting times are more likely to propose unnecessary treatment."</p>
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