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. 2023 Nov;69(11):767-771.
doi: 10.46747/cfp.6911767.

Debunking myths about screening: How to screen more judiciously

Guylène Thériault  1 , Donna L Reynolds  2 , Roland Grad  3 , James A Dickinson  4 , Harminder Singh  5 , Olga Szafran  6 , Viola Antao  7 , Neil R Bell  8
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Debunking myths about screening: How to screen more judiciously

Guylène Thériault et al. Can Fam Physician. 2023 Nov.
No abstract available

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Two models of cancer progression: The traditional model (left) posits that all cancers are destined to follow an orderly progression from the primary site to the lymph nodes, on to distant metastatic sites, ultimately causing cancer death. The contemporary model (right) is more complex and heterogeneous. Some cancers are metastatic at their onset (A), some never metastasize yet cause death from local invasion (B), while others follow the traditional model (C). Still other cancers are not destined to ever cause symptoms because they grow so slowly that patients die from other causes before symptoms appear (D), stop growing (E), or regress (F).
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Comment in

  • Evidence-based truths about the benefit of cancer screening.
    Wilkinson AN. Wilkinson AN. Can Fam Physician. 2024 May;70(5):296. doi: 10.46747/cfp.7005296. Can Fam Physician. 2024. PMID: 38744517 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
  • Response.
    Thériault G, Reynolds DL, Grad R, Dickinson JA, Singh H, Szafran O, Antao V, Bell NR. Thériault G, et al. Can Fam Physician. 2024 May;70(5):296-297. doi: 10.46747/cfp.7005296_1. Can Fam Physician. 2024. PMID: 38744523 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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