Jul 23, 2025 09:40 PM
https://iai.tv/articles/cancer-screening..._auid=2020
INTRO: This is the second in a series of three articles for the IAI by Dr Welch on screening. Read the first article, “We are overcounting cancer cases by vast amounts,” here.
When leading physician and health policy researcher H. Gilbert Welch reviewed 30 years of data from a landmark cancer screening trial, he was stunned: screening hadn’t helped people live longer. Not even a bit. In this article, Welch delves deep into the data to show that vested interests seriously overplay cancer screening’s benefits, while its harms are real and too often ignored.
Rather than saving lives, it’s more likely to draw healthy people into unnecessary medical interventions. The massive amounts of money we spend on it would be better spent on improving treatments and healthcare for those who really are unwell... (MORE - details)
INTRO: This is the second in a series of three articles for the IAI by Dr Welch on screening. Read the first article, “We are overcounting cancer cases by vast amounts,” here.
When leading physician and health policy researcher H. Gilbert Welch reviewed 30 years of data from a landmark cancer screening trial, he was stunned: screening hadn’t helped people live longer. Not even a bit. In this article, Welch delves deep into the data to show that vested interests seriously overplay cancer screening’s benefits, while its harms are real and too often ignored.
Rather than saving lives, it’s more likely to draw healthy people into unnecessary medical interventions. The massive amounts of money we spend on it would be better spent on improving treatments and healthcare for those who really are unwell... (MORE - details)