Cancer Screening: Theory and Practice

ISBN-13: 9780824702007 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 650 str.

Barnett S. Kramer; John K. Gohagan; Philip C. Prorok

Opis

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.

Recenzje

"
…essential reading for oncologists, practitioners, pathologists and epidemiologists."-Anticancer Research (1999)

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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)