title: Cancer prevention: what the physician can do.
abstract: Our ability to improve the control of cancer today depends more on effective screening and prevention efforts by primary care physicians than on curative interventions at secondary and tertiary levels.
authors.affiliation: Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Gerlach
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010808:Physical Examination; D010819:Physician's Role; D012307:Risk Factors; D016353:Self-Examination; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats