title: Underwriting implications of premalignant disease.
abstract: The study of premalignant disease may hold the promise of cancer prevention and, in some cases, this potential is already being realized. In other instances, however, increased risk of mortality and morbidity has been identified without clear data to guide treatment. This series reviews the current state of information about premalignant disease from the perspective of diagnosis, treatment and underwriting risk. The first article will focus on prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia.
authors.affiliation: Cologne Life Reinsurance Co., Stamford, CT 06905, USA. Lvecchio@colognere.com
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vecchione
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D007352:Insurance, Life / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology; D011467:Prostate / Q000473:pathology; D019048:Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology; D015996:Survival Rate