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Hannah Fry on using shopping data to detect ovarian cancer

Hannah Fry on using shopping data to detect ovarian cancer

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats


Hannah Fry on using shopping data to detect ovarian cancer

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats

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Length:
10 minutes
Released:
Feb 4, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

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.
Released:
Feb 4, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BBC Radio 4