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

by Welch, H. Gilbert.

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Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004.

Cancer -- Popular works.

Cancer -- Diagnosis.

Medical screening -- Popular works.

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/ucal042/2003012771.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip045/2003012771.html

0520239768 (cloth : alk. paper)

x, 224 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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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