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Comment by em500

Several posters have criticized the title of the news article "In gold-standard trial, colonoscopy fails to reduce rate of cancer deaths".

The actual study is titled "Effect of Colonoscopy Screening on Risks of Colorectal Cancer and Related Death" [1]

The authors conclude that "In this randomized trial, the risk of colorectal cancer at 10 years was lower among participants who were invited to undergo screening colonoscopy than among those who were assigned to no screening. "

I find it generally more useful link to the (abstract) of the original article, rather than second hand news reports. The abstracts are usually pretty accessible for a somewhat technical audience, they're not written for domain experts only. As we see in the discussions here, it's questionable whether the rephrasing from journalists really adds anything.

[1] https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2208375

parent em500 4 years ago

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