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      Cross-Check columns on cancer and related topics

      • By John Horgan on June 25, 2019
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      Meta-Post: Posts on Cancer
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      Below are columns I’ve written on cancer and related topics. Please let me know about missing stories, broken links or other problems. – John Horgan

      Cancer Medicine Is Failing Us

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

      Cancer Establishment Admits We’re Getting Overtested and Overtreated

      Why I Won't Get a PSA Test for Prostate Cancer

      Why I Won't Get a Colonoscopy

      Why We Overrate Life-saving Power of Cancer Tests

      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

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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 popular blog Cross Check for Scientific American.

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