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Should I Be Tested for Cancer?: Maybe Not and Here´s Why
H. Gilbert Welch
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Description for Should I Be Tested for Cancer?: Maybe Not and Here´s Why
Paperback. Getting tested to detect cancer early is one of the best ways to stay healthy - or is it? In this book, a nationally recognized expert on early cancer detection challenges one of medicine's most widely accepted beliefs: that the best defense against cancer is to always try to catch it early. Num Pages: 234 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 38 line illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 386. Maybe Not and Here's Why. 234 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 38 line illustrations, 4 tables. Getting tested to detect cancer early is one of the best ways to stay healthy - or is it? In this book, a nationally recognized expert on early cancer detection challenges one of medicine's most widely accepted beliefs: that the best defense against cancer is to always try to catch it early. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: VFD. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight: 392.
Getting tested to detect cancer early is one of the best ways to stay healthy - or is it? In this lively, carefully researched book, a nationally recognized expert on early cancer detection challenges one of medicine's most widely accepted beliefs: that the best defense against cancer is to always try to catch it early. Read this book and you will think twice about common cancer screening tests such as total body scans, mammograms, and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests. Combining patient stories and solid data on common cancers, Dr. H. Gilbert Welch makes the case that testing healthy people for ... Read more
Getting tested to detect cancer early is one of the best ways to stay healthy - or is it? In this lively, carefully researched book, a nationally recognized expert on early cancer detection challenges one of medicine's most widely accepted beliefs: that the best defense against cancer is to always try to catch it early. Read this book and you will think twice about common cancer screening tests such as total body scans, mammograms, and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests. Combining patient stories and solid data on common cancers, Dr. H. Gilbert Welch makes the case that testing healthy people for ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
234
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
234
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520248366
SKU
V9780520248366
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About H. Gilbert Welch
H. Gilbert Welch, M.D., M.P.H., is Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Community and Family Medicine at Dartmouth Medical School and Codirector of the VA Outcomes Group in the Department of Veterans Affairs, White River Junction, Vermont.
Reviews for Should I Be Tested for Cancer?: Maybe Not and Here´s Why
"Intelligent and eminently readable... a timely reminder that screening is not all it's all cracked up to be. This is a book that should be read by all healthcare providers and all symptom-free individuals who are being coerced into a screening test." - Michael Baum, New Scientist "This book, which offers a sobering view of the status of cancer screening ... Read more