Screening Flashcards

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What is lead time

A

Time between when the disease is screen detected to when its clinically detected

-bias is that the earlier you screen the disease, the longer they seem to survive

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2
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What is length bias

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Patients with slow progressive diseases will be more likely to be screened earlier

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