Should I be tested for cancer? maybe not and here's why /

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主要作者: Welch, H. Gilbert
企業作者: ebrary, Inc
格式: 電子 電子書
語言:英语
出版: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004.
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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.