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Fig. 1. —Natural history of disease. Diagram illustrates that preclinical phase begins at onset and ends when signs or symptoms develop. Clinical phase then starts, ending with death. Detectable preclinical phase (DPCP) begins when disease is detectable by a test. Detection (X) during DPCP advances time of diagnosis by duration of lead time. (Reprinted from [4])





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