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But with further follow-up the number of cancers in the control group eventually equaled the number in the screened group, which would not have occurred if there were substantial overdiagnosis.
If there were overdiagnosis, sticky-diagnosis would induce a higher cancer death rate in the intervention group than actually the case.
Continuing with the analogy, suppose there is only one type of bus (so there is no length-bias or overdiagnosis bias), but you only board it at stop B in the morning when the traffic is heaviest.
If the prostate cancer cases were detected as the result of screening, say with ultrasound, the TPR could be artificially elevated if there were overdiagnosis, as previously discussed.
2. To avoid overdiagnosis bias, cases should be diagnosed as a result of symptoms rather than on screening
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