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EPISODE · Jun 11, 2022 · 10 MIN

Hannah Fry: Understanding the numbers of cancer

from More or Less · host BBC Radio 4

British mathematics professor and broadcaster Hannah Fry has spent many years trying to explain the world through numbers. But when she was diagnosed with cervical cancer she embarked on a new mission – to discover whether the medical world, and we as individuals, make the right choices around treatment. Are patients always given the facts – and the time - they need to make rational decisions? And could we be at risk of unnecessary overtreatment?

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