Challenges to cancer control by screening
MN Pollak, WD Foulkes - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2003 - nature.com
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Population-based screening seems to be a common-sense strategy for controlling cancer,
but recent reports have raised controversy concerning the benefits of common screening
procedures. Intense efforts to develop and evaluate novel screening technologies are
underway; however, effective use of any screening method must take into account any
underlying biological considerations. What are these biological issues, and what challenges
do clinicians face in screening for common cancers?
but recent reports have raised controversy concerning the benefits of common screening
procedures. Intense efforts to develop and evaluate novel screening technologies are
underway; however, effective use of any screening method must take into account any
underlying biological considerations. What are these biological issues, and what challenges
do clinicians face in screening for common cancers?
Abstract
Population-based screening seems to be a common-sense strategy for controlling cancer, but recent reports have raised controversy concerning the benefits of common screening procedures. Intense efforts to develop and evaluate novel screening technologies are underway; however, effective use of any screening method must take into account any underlying biological considerations. What are these biological issues, and what challenges do clinicians face in screening for common cancers?
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