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. 2021 Jun 1;181(6):865-867.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.0261.

Global Media Coverage of the Benefits and Harms of Early Detection Tests

Mary O'Keeffe  1 , Alexandra Barratt  2 , Alice Fabbri  3   4 , Joshua R Zadro  1 , Giovanni E Ferreira  1 , Sweekriti Sharma  1 , Ray N Moynihan  5
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Global Media Coverage of the Benefits and Harms of Early Detection Tests

Mary O'Keeffe et al. JAMA Intern Med. .

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines global media coverage of the benefits and harms of early detection tests for asymptomatic individuals.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr O’Keeffe reported receiving grants from the European Commission (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship) outside the submitted work. Dr Barratt reported receiving grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia during the conduct of the study and serving as a scientific steering committee member and receiving travel and accommodation reimbursement from Preventing Overdiagnosis international conferences outside the submitted work. Dr Fabbri was supported as a postdoctoral fellow by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, project grant No. 1122332, during the conduct of the study. Drs Zadro and Moynihan are supported by research fellowships funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia. Dr Moynihan reported receiving grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council during the conduct of the study and serving on the scientific steering committee of the Preventing Overdiagnosis conference outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Percentage of Stories Reporting Potential Benefits, Harms, and Deemphasizing Harms for 5 Tests, 2016-2019
aNo artificial intelligence story mentioned harms only or appeared to deemphasize harms.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.. Percentage of Stories With Conflicts of Interest Present and the Media’s Disclosure of Conflicts for 5 Tests, 2016-2019
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