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Autore: | Welch H. Gilbert |
Titolo: | Should I be tested for cancer? : maybe not and here's why / / H. Gilbert Welch |
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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