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How effective are cancer screenings?
5 Answers
- Anonymous3 years ago
Depends on the type of screening you're talking about. Colonoscopy, for example, has a MISS rate ( a false negative rate) of between 30 and 40%, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Mammography for breast cancer has a lower false positive rate.
- Serene ELv 73 years ago
Nothing is perfect but I'd say they're over 80-90% effective, depending on the test.
- thinkingtimeLv 73 years ago
Worked for me. Found a cancer when it was tiny, only just visible on a scan.
- TarkarriLv 73 years ago
Most are very effective.
We need appropriate screening tests for more types of cancer.
Researchers are working on that.
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- LANLv 73 years ago
Depends on the type of screenings you are talking about. Most are very effective. Some only work to identify certain varieties of cancer.
