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Hannah Fry on using shopping data to detect ovarian cancer

More or Less: Behind the Stats

English - February 04, 2023 06:00 - 9 minutes - 8.91 MB - ★★★★★ - 740 ratings
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A new study led by Imperial College in London suggests that data from loyalty card spending in supermarkets and pharmacies could be used as a way of detecting ovarian cancer much earlier. Tim Harford discusses the findings with Professor Hannah Fry, who was most recently on the show talking about her own experience with cancer.