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Saturday, January 23, 2010

March 1, 2010 abstract: Conundrums in screening for cancer



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Conundrums in screening for cancer
Anthony B. Miller *
Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, ON, Canada
email: Anthony B. Miller (ab.miller@sympatico.ca)
*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.

Keywords
screening for cancer • breast cancer • cervix cancer • prostate cancer
Abstract
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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