Mini Review
Conundrums in screening for cancer
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Anthony
B. Miller *
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Dalla
Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, ON, Canada
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email:
Anthony B. Miller (ab.miller@sympatico.ca)
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*Correspondence to Anthony B. Miller, Associate
Director, Research, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of
Toronto, Canada
This article is based upon the Joint International
Journal of Cancer and Meyenburg-Stiftung Lectureship, delivered at
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, February 18, 2009.
screening
for cancer • breast cancer • cervix cancer • prostate cancer
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Screening for cancer has to be
carefully organized for maximum effectiveness, and introduced in full
understanding of the natural history of the disease. There are major
potential harms as well as benefits from screening. The current state of
art for breast, cervix and prostate cancer screening is reviewed, only
for breast and cervix are policies of screening in the population
justified.
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in the absence of the full text - colorectal cancer ?
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