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lead time bias: a standalone construct

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Epidemiology

apparent survival gain from screening that comes only from detecting a disease earlier, not from delaying death.

In epidemiology, lead time bias refers to apparent survival gain from screening that comes only from detecting a disease earlier, not from delaying death. This meaning comes from Hutchison (1968) in Journal of the National Cancer Institute.[1]

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References

Hutchison, G. B., & Shapiro, S. (1968). Lead time gained by diagnostic screening for breast cancer. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 41(3), 665-681. https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/41.3.665

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