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The critical evaluation of cancer detection must be based upon its effect on cancer mortality. This effect may be observed directly from the analysis of mortality data or it may be illustrated indirectly by showing that the ultimate prognosis of cancer uncovered by means of detection is better than that identified by more conventional means.
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International Union against Cancer. Commission on Cancer Control. Cancer Detection Committee. (1966). Evaluation of Cancer Detection. In: Cancer Detection. UICC Monograph Series, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-00159-2_3
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