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       2025-06-03T07:05:08Z
       
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       While it is true that deaths due to cancer have decreased, 10-year survival rates used in these headlines are not the best way to measure this due to the phenomenon of lead time bias.Earlier diagnosis can lead to longer survival times even without extending life expectancy, purely as a function of the disease being found at an earlier point in a patient’s life.You can read more about it in my latest substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/kityates/p/the-surprising-bias-in-cancer-survival