Welch, H. Gilbert.
Should I be tested for cancer? maybe not and here's why / [electronic resource] : H. Gilbert Welch. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004. - x, 224 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-218) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Cancer--Popular works.
Cancer--Diagnosis--Popular works.
Medical screening--Popular works.
Electronic books.
RC263 / .W43 2004eb
616.99/4075
Should I be tested for cancer? maybe not and here's why / [electronic resource] : H. Gilbert Welch. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004. - x, 224 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-218) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Cancer--Popular works.
Cancer--Diagnosis--Popular works.
Medical screening--Popular works.
Electronic books.
RC263 / .W43 2004eb
616.99/4075