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Meta-Post: John Horgan Posts on Cancer, Etcetera

Cross-Check columns on cancer and related topics

Photo of lung cancer tumor: James Heilman, Wikimedia Commons.

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American


This is a meta-post linking to posts I’ve written for this blog on cancer and related topics. If I'm missing any posts, please let me know.

Sorry, But So Far War on Cancer Has Been a Bust.

Cancer Establishment Admits We’re Getting Overtested and Overtreated.


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Cancer Spending Higher in U.S. Than in Europe--and So Is Cancer Mortality.

Do Mammograms Kill More Women Than They Save?

Questioning Mammograms Versus "Torturing the Data."

Consumers Must Stop Insisting on Mammograms and Other Ineffective Cancer Tests.

ABC Reporter, National Football League Promote Mammograms While Experts Question Benefits.

Celebrities Should Inform Women about Risks as Well as Benefits of Mammograms.

When Mammograms Are Mandatory.

Why I Won't Get a Colonoscopy.

How Can We Curb the Medical-Testing Epidemic?

Maybe Now Americans Will Finally Get Affordable Care!

Bayes's Theorem: What's the Big Deal?

So Far, Big Data Is Small Potatoes.