Ama #56
The Peter Attia Drive
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Feb 12 2024 20m
Chapter 1 1 min
Why understanding cancer screening is crucialChapter 2 6 mins
The prevalence of cancer diagnosis and mortality ratesChapter 3 5 mins
Why cancer screening and early detection is such an important part of the strategy to survive a cancer diagnosisChapter 4 9 mins
Data on how cancer screening impacts survivability of cancerChapter 5 4 mins
Inconsistencies between cancer screening trials regarding benefits to survival ratesChapter 6 11 mins
What are some of the reasons why clinical trials don’t always improve cancer-specific mortality?Chapter 7 3 mins
What are the arguments against population-level cancer screening?Chapter 8 6 mins
Cancer screening outside the recommended guidelines: risks and benefits, interpreting results, and other considerationsChapter 9 3 mins
Understanding sensitivity and specificity when reviewing screening resultsChapter 10 2 mins
Risks and complications associated with colonoscopiesChapter 11 3 mins
Cancer screening modalities: options for cancer screening both within standard recommendations and beyondChapter 12 9 mins
The strengths and limitations of various types of cancer screeningChapter 13 1 min
Understanding positive and negative predictive value using sensitivity, specificity, and pretest probabilityChapter 14 4 mins
Factors that influence an individual's pretest probability of cancerChapter 15 5 mins
How to interpret cancer screening resultsChapter 16 5 mins
The importance of having an advocate when considering out-of-guideline cancer screening testsChapter 17 1 min
How stacking multiple cancer screening modalities can decrease the risk of false positivesChapter 18
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