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What should you call cancer not seen on screenings?
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No special name: While many screenings do save lives (breast, cervical, colon), no screening test is perfect, and all can miss cases. Still, you are safer having recommended screenings rather than not having them. For a complete list of recommendations by age/gender and risk factors (if you have an ipad/ipod/ipad see the prevention checklist 2013 app.
Answered 10/22/2013
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