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length bias
Length-time bias is also referred to as length bias.
Because more aggressive diseases are asymptomatic for a shorter period, screening is more likely to detect slower progressing diseases, such as slow-growing tumours, which have a better prognosis, including longer survival. Screening may thus falsely appear to improve survival.
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