Should I be tested for cancer? [[electronic resource] ] : maybe not and here's why / / H. Gilbert Welch

• Autore: Welch H. Gilbert
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (236 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.99/4075
• Soggetto topico: Cancer; Cancer - Diagnosis; Medical screening
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-218) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Pt. I. Problems you should know about. -- It is unlikely that you will benefit -- You may have a "cancer scare" and face an endless cycle of testing -- You may receive unnecessary treatment -- You may find a cancer you would rather not know about -- Your pathologist may say it's cancer, while others say it's not -- Your doctor may get distracted from other issues that are more important to you -- Pt. II. Becoming a better-educated consumer -- Understand the culture of medicine (and why we are pushed to test) -- Understand the statistics of cancer (and why five-year survival is the world's most misleading number -- Understand the limits to research; even genetic research (and why it is hard to be sure there really are benefits to screening -- Develop a strategy that works for you.
• Sommario/riassunto: Combining patient stories and data on common cancers, the author makes the case that testing healthy people for cancer is really a double-edged sword: tests may help, but some have little effect and are sometimes even harmful.
• Titolo autorizzato: Should I be tested for cancer
• ISBN: 0-520-93990-5; 1-59734-896-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826727303321
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