Conundrums in screening for cancer.
Screening for cancer has to be carefully organized for maximum effectiveness, and introduced in full understanding of the natural history of the disease. There are major potential harms as well as benefits from screening. The current state of art for breast, cervix and prostate cancer screening is reviewed, only for breast and cervix are policies of screening in the population justified.
Miller
Anthony B
AB
Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, ON, Canada. ab.miller@sympatico.ca
D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control*