Screening as a Cancer Control Strategy
In addition to primary prevention, screening (early detection) is an important strategy for cancer control. In this paper, we summarize the major tenets of screening in general and use prostate and colorectal cancer as examples of the application of these tenets.
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Instituto Nacional de Câncer José Alencar Gomes da Silva (INCA) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Brasileira de Cancerologia (Online) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:rbc.inca.gov.br:article/85 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://rbc.inca.gov.br/index.php/revista/article/view/85 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Detecção Precoce de Câncer Neoplasias Neoplasias da Próstata Neoplasias Colorretais Early Detection of Cancer Neoplasms Prostatic Neoplasms Colorectal Neoplasms Detección Precóz del Cáncer Neoplasias de la Próstata Neoplasias Colorrectales |
| Sumario: | In addition to primary prevention, screening (early detection) is an important strategy for cancer control. In this paper, we summarize the major tenets of screening in general and use prostate and colorectal cancer as examples of the application of these tenets. |
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