Conundrums in screening for cancer

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 27 Dec 2009 English Publisher:WileyJournal:International Journal of Cancer, volume 126, pages 1,039-1,046 (issn: 0020-7136, eissn: 1097-0215,

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Authors: Anthony B, Miller;

doi: 10.1002/ijc.25081

pmid: 19960430

Conundrums in screening for cancer

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AbstractScreening for cancer has to be carefully organized for maximum effectiveness, and introduced in full understanding of the natural history of the disease. There are major potential harms as well as benefits from screening. The current state of art for breast, cervix and prostate cancer screening is reviewed, only for breast and cervix are policies of screening in the population justified.

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University of Toronto
Canada

Keywords

Male, Neoplasms, Humans, Mass Screening, Female, Early Detection of Cancer

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