Cancer Screening: Theory and Practice
β Scribed by Barnett S. Kramer, John K. Gohagan, Philip C. Prorok
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 651
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This useful reference provides solid knowledge of the risks and benefits associated with the cancer screening process, assesses abnormal results and therapeutic outcomes, and facilitates the communication of these issues to patients.
Describes screening tests from individual, health care, ethical, legal, and regulatory perpectives!
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β¦ Table of Contents
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Series Introduction
Preface
Contributors
I: Background
1: History
2: Heroic Myths and Probability: Confronting the Limits of Screening
II: Basic Principles of Screening
3: Screening Theory and Study Design: The Basics
4: Decision-Making About Screening: Individual and Policy Levels
5: Regulation of Medical Devices by the Food and Drug Administration with Emphasis on in Vitro Diagnostic Devices
6: Ethics and Consent
III: Screening for Specific Cancers
7: Breast Cancer
8: Bladder Cancer
9: Cervix Cancer
10: Colorectal Cancer
11: Head and Neck Cancer
12: Liver Cancer
13: Lung Cancer
14: Melanoma
15: Neuroblastoma
16: Ovarian Cancer
17: Pancreatic Cancer
18: Prostate Cancer
19: Gastric Cancer
20: Endometrial Cancer
IV: Into the Future
21: New Screening Technologies
22: Genetic Inheritance of Cancer Risk: Applications to Cancer Screening
Index
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