1st Edition
Cancer Screening Theory and Practice
650 Pages
by
CRC Press
650 Pages
by
CRC Press
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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... Read more
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. Schröder
Gastric Cancer, D. Maxwell Parkin and Paola Pisani
Endometrial Cancer, Joan L. Walker and Evelyn Rosas Nuñez
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
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. Schröder
Gastric Cancer, D. Maxwell Parkin and Paola Pisani
Endometrial Cancer, Joan L. Walker and Evelyn Rosas Nuñez
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
Biography
Barnett S. Kramer (Edited by) , John K. Gohagan (National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA) (Edited by) , Philip C. Prorok (National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA) (Edited by)
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…essential reading for oncologists, practitioners, pathologists and epidemiologists."-Anticancer Research (1999)
