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Screening for cancer
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The aim in cancer screening is not just to prevent the incidence of disease or diagnose it in an early stage but, most importantly, to reduce mortality. Designing screening programmes leads to challenging questions. Effective cancer screening programmes require a centralized organization to coordinate implementation, robust statistical evidence of benefit, and extensive cost and resource planning for the inevitable increase in use of diagnostic and treatment services. This chapter explores screening for cancer and malignancy, including the aims of cancer screening; the history of cancer screening; cancers that are suitable for screening; breast cancer screening; cervical cancer screening; and bowel cancer screening. It also discusses strategies for ensuring a useful screening test, and potential biases.
Title: Screening for cancer
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The aim in cancer screening is not just to prevent the incidence of disease or diagnose it in an early stage but, most importantly, to reduce mortality.
Designing screening programmes leads to challenging questions.
Effective cancer screening programmes require a centralized organization to coordinate implementation, robust statistical evidence of benefit, and extensive cost and resource planning for the inevitable increase in use of diagnostic and treatment services.
This chapter explores screening for cancer and malignancy, including the aims of cancer screening; the history of cancer screening; cancers that are suitable for screening; breast cancer screening; cervical cancer screening; and bowel cancer screening.
It also discusses strategies for ensuring a useful screening test, and potential biases.
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