Snowball in a Blizzard: The Tricky Problem of Uncertainty in Medicine by Steven Hatch, Steven Hatch
Snowball in a Blizzard: The Tricky Problem of Uncertainty in Medicine

Steven Hatch, Steven Hatch

Snowball in a Blizzard: The Tricky Problem of Uncertainty in Medicine

Steven Hatch, Steven Hatch

393 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative slow-paced
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According to a wry saying among radiologists, finding a tumour in a mammogram is like finding a snowball in a blizzard. Up to thirty percent of breast-cancer diagnoses are given to those who have no cancer at all. Medicine is subject to far more u...

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