How precision medicine and screening with big data could increase overdiagnosis

Henrik Vogt^{1

2

3}, Sara Green^{4

5}, Claus Thorn Ekstrøm⁶, John Brodersen^{7

8}

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Medical Ethics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway henrik.vogt@medisin.uio.no.
² Hybrid Technology Hub, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
³ General Practice Research Unit, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
⁴ Department of Science Education, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁵ Centre for Medical Science and Technology Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁶ Biostatistics, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁷ Centre of Research and Education in General Practice, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁸ Primary Health Care Research Unit, Region Zealand, Denmark.

Henrik Vogt et al. BMJ. 2019.

. 2019 Sep 13:366:l5270.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.l5270.

Henrik Vogt^{1

2

3}, Sara Green^{4

5}, Claus Thorn Ekstrøm⁶, John Brodersen^{7

8}

¹ Centre for Medical Ethics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway henrik.vogt@medisin.uio.no.
² Hybrid Technology Hub, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
³ General Practice Research Unit, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
⁴ Department of Science Education, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁵ Centre for Medical Science and Technology Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁶ Biostatistics, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁷ Centre of Research and Education in General Practice, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁸ Primary Health Care Research Unit, Region Zealand, Denmark.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have no relevant interests to declare.

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