Peter Attia· MD
Early detection of colon cancer is one of the two lowest pieces of fruit on the delaying death pathway.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
Early detection of colon cancer is one of the two lowest pieces of fruit on the delaying death pathway.
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colonoscopy um and other less invasive means of deducting colon cancer can reduce risk of colon cancer death by about 25 to 30% ballpark I mean the the best the most optimistic estimates would be about a third