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. 2026 Feb;32(2):407-409.
doi: 10.1038/s41591-025-04111-w.

The ethics of multi-cancer screening

Thomas Callender  1 , Anne Mackie  2 , Anne-Marie Slowther  3
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The ethics of multi-cancer screening

Thomas Callender et al. Nat Med. 2026 Feb.
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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: T.C. is a member of the multi-cancer detection task group and the Research and Methodology Group of the UK National Screening Committee. A.M. is employed by the UK National Screening Committee. A.M.S. is a member of both the UK National Screening Committee as well as the multi-cancer detection task group of the UK National Screening Committee. The opinions are those of the authors and not the UK National Screening Committee, or the UK Department of Health and Social Care.

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