Articles about Screening

Launched in July 2022, Sensible Medicine is a Substack newsletter for people interested in medicine, health policy, outcomes, human biology, drug development, translational science, medical ethics, and science communication.

I have written extensively about screening tests for the site.

• Characteristics of a Successful Screening Test

• I Am Afraid of Early Cancer Detection Part 1: A critical appraisal of a study of Grail's Galleri test

• I Am Afraid of Early Cancer Detection Part II: All the reasons I am afraid

• I Am Afraid of Early Cancer Detection Part III: Peter Attia, national guidelines vs. personalized care, and what I can actually tell patients

• Screening Can Do Silent Harm

• Screening Can Do Silent Harm Part II

• The Ethics of PSA Testing and Cancer Screening

• The PSA Screening Test and Humility (by John Mandrola)