Which of the Following Describes Lead-Time Bias

question 5

Multiple Choice

Which of the following describes lead-time bias?

• A) Slow-progressing cases of disease with a better prognosis are more likely to be identified than faster-progressing cases of disease with a poorer prognosis.
• B) Screening advances the time of diagnosis, making it difficult to evaluate the benefit of early treatment.
• C) Occurs when screening identifies an illness that would not have shown clinical signs before a person's death from other causes

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Definitions:

Cohabiting Parents

Parents who live together without being married.

Life Outcomes

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Divorced

The formal termination of a matrimonial union by a judicial body or an authoritative institution.

Relative

A person connected to another by blood or marriage, or an entity regarded in relation to its connections with others within a system.