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Screening for neuroblastoma. 17: Schilling FH, Spix C, Berthold F, Erttmann R, Fehse N, Hero B, Klein G, Sander J, Schwarz K, Treuner J, Zorn U, Michaelis J. Neuroblastoma screening at one year of age. N Engl J Med. 2002 Apr 4;346(14):1047-53. PubMed PMID: 11932471. 18: Woods WG, Gao RN, Shuster JJ, Robison LL, Bernstein M, Weitzman S, Bunin G, Levy I, Brossard J, Dougherty G, Tuchman M, Lemieux B. Screening of infants and mortality due to neuroblastoma. N Engl J Med. 2002 Apr 4;346(14):1041-6. PubMed PMID: 11932470. Am 03.04.2012 13:17, schrieb Jeremy Howick: > Hi, > > > There are well-known examples of therapies that were not evidence-based > and were shown to be harmful (treating stroke with leeches applied to > the anus, treating ventricular arrhythmias after myocardial infarction > with antiarrhythmic drugs, etc.) > > > I'm looking for parallel examples of diagnostic tests or strategies that > have been introduced without sufficient evidence and subsequently were > revealed to be useless or harmful when the tests were rigorously > evaluated in unbiased tests. > > > Jeremy >