Screening and Surveillance Bias in Cancer
Stefano Tancredi, Stéphane Cullati, Arnaud Chioléro
Abstract
Surveillance bias arises when differences in the frequency of a condition are due to changes in the modality of detection rather than to a difference in the actual risk of the condition. This bias hampers the surveillance of scrutiny-dependent cancers, leading to misinterpretations of cancer trends, risk factor identification, and, consequently, to the wrong public health actions.
Topics & Concepts
ScrutinyIdentification (biology)Public healthMedicineCancer detectionCancerEnvironmental healthPsychologyPolitical sciencePathologyInternal medicineLawBiologyBotanyGlobal Cancer Incidence and ScreeningColorectal Cancer Screening and DetectionBRCA gene mutations in cancer