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Author Welch, H. Gilbert.

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

Imprint Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004.

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Description x, 224 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-218) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Cancer -- Popular works.
Cancer -- Diagnosis -- Popular works.
Medical screening -- Popular works.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780520939905
0520239768 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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