title: Cancer: prevention, screening and early diagnosis.
abstract: The priniciples for setting up early detection and screening programmes are set out. Outlines are given of procedures available, at the time of the writing, in respect of some commonly occurring cancers; these sites being the lung, the female breast, the large bowel and the uterine cervix. The family doctor's role in the field of cancer is an important one. Some aspects for this role are discussed.
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000032:analysis; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D011859:Radiography; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D013997:Time Factors; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen