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. 2014 Jun 4;16(3):404.
doi: 10.1186/bcr3671.

Adjusting the incidence increase when screening for statistical lead time will always give estimates of overdiagnosis close to zero

Per-Henrik Zahl  1
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Adjusting the incidence increase when screening for statistical lead time will always give estimates of overdiagnosis close to zero

Per-Henrik Zahl. Breast Cancer Res. .
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    Duffy SW. Duffy SW. Breast Cancer Res. 2014;16(3):404. Breast Cancer Res. 2014. PMID: 26146674 No abstract available.

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