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Should I be tested for cancer? [electronic resource] : maybe not and here's why / H. Gilbert Welch.

By: Welch, H. Gilbert.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004Description: x, 224 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.Subject(s): Cancer -- Popular works | Cancer -- Diagnosis -- Popular works | Medical screening -- Popular worksGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 616.99/4075 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-218) and index.

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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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.