The Impact of Cancer Screening on All-Cause Mortality.

CONCLUSION: Because the proportion of cancer deaths in all deaths in Western Europe is relatively low, cancer screening procedures can reduce all-cause mortality by only 1-3%. However, this reduction is relevant to public health. PMID: 30135006 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Deutsches Arzteblatt International - Category: General Medicine Tags: Dtsch Arztebl Int Source Type: research