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Cancer screening and the periodic health examination

✍ Scribed by Robert A. Smith; Richard C. Wender

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2004
Tongue
English
Weight
62 KB
Volume
100
Category
Article
ISSN
0008-543X

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✦ Synopsis

In this issue of Cancer, Chen et al. report outcomes from an integrated model of multiphasic chronic disease screening in Taiwan. The design and outcomes of the Keelung Community‐based Integrated Screening program are noteworthy for several reasons and should reopen the debate not only regarding the worth, but also the protocol for periodic preventive health examinations.

See also pages 000–000.

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