785 - Tradeoffs—Hope, Hype or Harm? What We Know About New Cancer-Screening Tools

Public Health On Call Podcast

About this episode:

New screening tools like full-body MRI scans and blood tests claiming to detect over 50 kinds of cancer are generating excitement with their potential to catch diseases early. But is more knowledge about our bodies always beneficial?

Host:

Dan Gorenstein is the founder and executive editor of the Tradeoffs podcast.

Show links and related content:

  • Hope, Hype or Harm? What We Know About New Cancer-Screening Tools—Podcast

  • Does Cancer Screening Save Lives?—Podcast

  • Bringing Informed Decision-Making to Cancer Screening—Johns Hopkins

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