title: Controversies in cancer screening.
abstract: New studies raise concerns about whether screening for some cancers may cause more harm than good. This commentary reviews evidence relevant to current controversies in cancer screening, highlights why it is so difficult to formulate universal screening recommendations, and emphasizes the importance of informed and shared decision making.
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston- Salem, North Carolina, USA. dmiller@wakehealth.edu.
authors.forename: David P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Reuland
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003657:Decision Making; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D010358:Patient Participation; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018570:Risk Assessment