title: Cancer prevention: what's worth doing in general practice?
abstract: Primary prevention aims to circumvent the onset of malignant change. Secondary prevention aims to detect early cancer or lesions with high malignant potential before extensive local growth or metastatic spread compromises the effectiveness of treatment. This article should help general practitioners appraise the value of cancer prevention measures and plan an effective approach to cancer prevention in clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: New South Wales Cancer Council's Education Research Project, University of Newcastle.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sanson-Fisher
mesh_terms: D005194:Family Practice / Q000592:standards*; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000592:standards*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000592:standards*; D012307:Risk Factors