2:23 21 K Week 03 Discussion 70 60- Thyroid-cancer incidence 50- 40- Rate (per 100,000 population) 30- Incidence of papillary thyroid 20- cancer 10- Thyroid-cancer mortality 0- 1993 19 1999 20 2005 200% 201 Thyroid-Cancer Incidence and Related Mortality in South Korea, 1993-2011. Data on incidence are from the Cancer Incidence Database, Korean Central Cancer Registry; data on mortality are from the Cause of Death Database, Statistics Korea. All data are age-adjusted to the South Korean standard population. ...provides a counter argument against extensive thyroid cancer screenings. 3) From the article, " Some of the most vehement defenders of mammography are women who say that a mammogram saved their lives." Which moves you more, an anecdote or the data described in this study? Do you personally think that exhaustive screening that may save just one life should still be recommended? Or do you buy into this article and believe that doctors should be more sparing with screening tests? Back up your argument. 4) What factors, not described in this article, may be driving extensive screening? + = Stream Course Calendar More2:23 21 K Week 03 Discussion Discussion Topic: Counter intuitive data questions the utility of cancer screenings Read this piece by Christie Aschwanden about how increased cancer screenings do not necessarily lower the rates of cancer deaths. 1) What does Aschwanden mean when she compares some cancers to rabbits, and some cancers to turtles? Why is a "bird" cancer the worse type? 2) In your own words, explain why this graph... 70- 60- Thyroid-cancer 50- incidence 40- Rate (per 100,000 population) 30- Incidence of papillary thyroid 20- cancer 10- Thyroid-cancer mortality 1993 96 1999 002 19 20 200 200% 201 Thyroid-Cancer Incidence and Related Mortality in South Korea, 1993-2011. Data on incidence are from the Cancer Incidence Database, Korean Central Cancer Registry; data on mortality are from the Cause of Death Database, Statistics Korea. All data are age-adjusted to the South Korean standard population. ...provides a counter argument against extensive thyroid Stream Course Calendar More