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Advances in Cancer Screening
Anthony B. . Ed(S): Miller
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Description for Advances in Cancer Screening
Paperback. Editor(s): Miller, Anthony B. Series: Cancer Treatment and Research. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBNS; MJCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 329.
Screening for cancer is an important focus of cancer control. Yet screening, as it involves administering a test to large segments of the population deemed to be at risk for the disease of interest, is potentially a major consumer of scarce health care resources. In addition, the benefits sought from cancer screening, particularly reduction in mortality from the disease, are not always realized, either for biological or organizational reasons. Thus, the paradigm that `early detection must always be beneficial', taught to health care professionals, and publicized widely through the media to the ... Read more
Screening for cancer is an important focus of cancer control. Yet screening, as it involves administering a test to large segments of the population deemed to be at risk for the disease of interest, is potentially a major consumer of scarce health care resources. In addition, the benefits sought from cancer screening, particularly reduction in mortality from the disease, are not always realized, either for biological or organizational reasons. Thus, the paradigm that `early detection must always be beneficial', taught to health care professionals, and publicized widely through the media to the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
Series
Cancer Treatment and Research
Number of Pages
198
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461285397
SKU
V9781461285397
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99-15
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