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An inherited EGFR variant carried 62-fold lung cancer odds among never-smokers
Risk this large has been hard to measure because the variant is so rare, and the estimate exists because a consumer genetics cohort held 641 carriers when two major biobanks held 21. A CT screening trial is now running.
Reality
- Evidence70
- Adoption22
- Hype gap+8
- Incentives45
- Confidence66