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Controversies in Cancer Screening

David P. Miller and Daniel S. Reuland
North Carolina Medical Journal July 2014, 75 (4) 253-256; DOI: https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.75.4.253
David P. Miller Jr
associate professor, Internal Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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Daniel S. Reuland
associate professor, Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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New studies raise concerns about whether screening for some cancers may cause more harm than good. This commentary reviews evidence relevant to current controversies in cancer screening, highlights why it is so difficult to formulate universal screening recommendations, and emphasizes the importance of informed and shared decision making.

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