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      Meta-Post: John Horgan Posts on Cancer, Etcetera

      Cross-Check columns on cancer and related topics

      • By John Horgan on February 21, 2016
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      Meta-Post: John Horgan Posts on Cancer, Etcetera
      Photo of lung cancer tumor: James Heilman, Wikimedia Commons.
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      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.

      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."

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

      So Far, Big Data Is Small Potatoes.

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      John Horgan directs the Center for Science Writings at the Stevens Institute of Technology. His books include The End of Science, The End of War and Mind-Body Problems, available for free at mindbodyproblems.com. For many years, he wrote the immensely popular blog Cross Check for Scientific American.

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