title: Public education and cancer detection.
abstract: Public education can be organized by governmental institutions or by private organizations, for instance cancer leagues. The first goal is to get the individual aware about his personal responsibility of taking care of his own health state. Continuous and objective information in the nature of cancer disease, on results in cancer treatment and the reasons for early cancer detection will finally lead to a better control of the malignancy. Close collaboration with general practitioners is of advantage in public education programs as they are in close contact with the individual and to whom they are personal advisors.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013557:Switzerland