Cancer screening : theory and practice

Author(s)

• Kramer, Barnett S.
• Gohagan, John Kenneth
• Prorok, P. C.

Bibliographic Information

Cancer screening : theory and practice

edited by Barnett S. Kramer, John K. Gohagan, Philip C. Prorok

（Basic and clinical oncology, 18）

Marcel Dekker, c1999

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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! Gathering insights from over 35 international experts in the field, Cancer Screening details the screening procedures available for a wide variety of cancers offers a practical approach to screening implementation for a number of cancer sites discusses the explicit methodology of judging screening tests reports screening recommendations from various organizations analyzes the strengths and hazards of current screening procedures as well as the quality of supporting evidence appraises the utility of screening tests versus other health care strategies presents a basis for judging future screening technologies such as genetic testing and more! Including over 1300 references, tables, and figures, Cancer Screening is an indispensable guide for basic and clinical oncologists, internists and family practitioners, gynecologists, public health physicians, health policy specialists, health economists, health educators, prevention and early detection advocates, epidemiologists, biometricians, statisticians, and medical school and graduate students in these disciplines.

Table of Contents

Background History, Sam Shapiro Heroic Myths and Probability: Confronting the Limits of Screening, Edward S. Golub Basic Principles of Screening Screening Theory and Study Design: The Basics, Philip C. Prorok, Barnett S. Kramer, and John K. Gohagan Decision-Making About Screening: Individual and Policy Levels, Russell Harris Regulation of Medical Devices by the Food and Drug Administration with Emphasis on In Vitro Diagnostic Devices, Peter E. Maxim and Steven I. Gutman Ethics and Consent, Douglas L. Weed Screening for Specific Cancers Breast Cancer, S. M. Moss Bladder Cancer, Paul F. Schellhammer and Richard Moriarty Cervix Cancer, Anthony B. Miller Colorectal Cancer, Jack Cuzick Head and Neck Cancer, Scott M. Lippman, Anita L. Sabichi, and Jack L. Gluckman Liver Cancer, Robert S. Brown, Jr., and Bruce F. Scharschmidt Lung Cancer, William C. Black Melanoma, Howard K. Koh, Alan C. Geller, and Robert A. Lew Neuroblastoma, Isra G. Levy, Geoffrey E. Dougherty, Gerry B. Hill, William G. Woods, and Mark L. Bernstein Ovarian Cancer, Vicki L. Seltzer Pancreatic Cancer, Ralph H. Hruban, Charles J. Yeo, and Scott E. Kern Prostate Cancer, Fritz H. Schroeder Gastric Cancer, D. Maxwell Parkin and Paola Pisani Endometrial Cancer, Joan L. Walker and Evelyn Rosas Nunez Into the Future New Screening Technologies, John K. Gohagan, Sudhir Srivastava, Susan C. Rossi, and William C. Black Genetic Inheritance of Cancer Risk: Applications to Cancer Screening, Emily L. Harris

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Details

• NCID: BA42081148
• ISBN:
  • 082470200X
• LCCN: 99026879
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 630 p., [1] leaf of plates
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RC270
  • NLM : W1
  • NLM : QZ 241
  • DC21 : 616.99/4075
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Cancer -- Diagnosis
  • LCSH : Medical screening
  • LCSH : Cancer -- Prevention
  • MESH : Neoplasms -- diagnosis
  • MESH : Genetic Screening
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA19832545