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Epidemiologia, Vol. 4, Pages 117-120: Screening and Surveillance Bias in Cancer
Epidemiologia doi: 10.3390/epidemiologia4020012
Authors: Stefano Tancredi Stéphane Cullati Arnaud Chiolero
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.
