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" Should I be tested for cancer? : "
H. Gilbert Welch.
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949674
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b704044
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Welch, H. Gilbert.
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Should I be tested for cancer? : : maybe not and here's why /\ H. Gilbert Welch.
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Berkeley :: University of California Press,, ©2004.
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1 online resource (x, 224 pages) :: illustrations
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0520239768
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: 1597348961
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: 9780520939905
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: 9781597348966
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0520239768
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-218) and index.
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| Contents
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pt. I. Problems you should know about. -- It is unlikely that you will benefit -- You may have a "cancer scare" and face an endless cycle of testing -- You may receive unnecessary treatment -- You may find a cancer you would rather not know about -- Your pathologist may say it's cancer, while others say it's not -- Your doctor may get distracted from other issues that are more important to you -- pt. II. Becoming a better-educated consumer -- Understand the culture of medicine (and why we are pushed to test) -- Understand the statistics of cancer (and why five-year survival is the world's most misleading number -- Understand the limits to research; even genetic research (and why it is hard to be sure there really are benefits to screening -- Develop a strategy that works for you.
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Combining patient stories and data on common cancers, the author makes the case that testing healthy people for cancer is really a double-edged sword: tests may help, but some have little effect and are sometimes even harmful.
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Cancer, Popular works.
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Cancer-- Diagnosis, Popular works.
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Medical screening, Popular works.
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Neoplasms.
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Cancer-- Diagnosis.
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Cancer.
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Medical screening.
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616.99/4075
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RC263.W43 2004eb
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44.81bcl
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