| Description |
1 online resource (456 pages) |
| Contents |
Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of contributors; Foreword; Prologue; Chapter 1 Global perspectives surrounding cancer prevention and screening; Principles of cancer control strategy; Magnitude of the problem: Proportion of cancer globally attributable to preventable causes; Primary prevention strategies globally; Tobacco smoking; Vaccination; Screening; General principles; Existing screening options; The harms of screening; Targeted screening; Early diagnosis; Historical importance: Reasons for late presentation; Targeted screening based on nonspecific symptoms; Conclusion |
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CPAC's role in cancer screeningConclusion; References; Chapter 3 Cancer screening: A general perspective; On the nature of screening; Assessing a screening test; Assessing benefit from a screening test; Lead-time bias; Length bias; Overdiagnosis; The order of evidence of benefit; The population screened; The magnitude of screening benefit; Screening in practice; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4 The balance of cancer screening risks and benefits; Cervical screening; Breast screening; Colorectal cancer screening; Prostate cancer screening; Psychological harms of screening |
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Informed decision-makingConclusion; References; Chapter 5 Cancer screening issues in black and ethnic minority populations; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6 Public awareness of cancer screening; Awareness of cancer screening; Beliefs relevant to cancer screening; Perceptions of cancer risk; Cancer fear; Cancer fatalism; Perceived benefits and harms of cancer screening; Informed choice; Intention and action; Engagement; Conclusion; References; Chapter 7 Public understanding of cancer prevention; Public understanding of prevention; What can we do to improve understanding? |
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Case study: Online informationCase study: The media; Case study: The Cancer Awareness Roadshow, a face-to-face intervention; Case study: Talk Cancer, training for health workers; Communicating risk; Conclusion; References; Chapter 8 Cervical cancer screening: An exemplar of a population screening programme, and cervical cancer prevention; How do we screen for cervical precancer?; Prevention of invasive cervical cancer: The impact of cytological screening; Factors influencing the success of a screening programme; Molecular-based cervical screening technologies |
| Bibliography |
ReferencesChapter 2 Public health perspectives surrounding cancer prevention and screening: The Ontario edition; Context: Health care in Canada; What is happening at the federal level?; What is happening at the provincial level? Cancer Care Ontario; The Ontario Cancer Plan; Measuring cancer system performance in Ontario; Cancer prevention in Ontario led by CCO; Work at the policy level; Work at the individual level; Prevention research; Public Health Ontario; Canadian Cancer Society; CCO's provincial cancer screening programmes; CCO's approach to new evidence for cancer screening |
| Notes |
Algorithms employing HPV DNA in primary screening |
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Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Berg, Christine D
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Eeles, Rosalind A
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| ISBN |
9781118991060 |
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1118991060 |
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