Should I be tested for cancer? maybe not and here's why /
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
c2004.
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书本目录:
- 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.