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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52424123 Title: Should I be tested for cancer? : maybe not and here's why Author: H Gilbert Welch Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004. ISBN/ISSN: 0520239768 9780520239760 OCLC:52424123

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Should I be tested for cancer? : maybe not and here's why

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Should I be tested for cancer? : maybe not and here's why

Author:	H Gilbert Welch
Publisher:	Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004.
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Genre/Form:	Ratgeber Popular works Popular Works Ouvrages de vulgarisation
Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	H Gilbert Welch Find more information about:
ISBN:	0520239768 9780520239760
OCLC Number:	52424123
Description:	x, 224 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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.
Responsibility:	H. Gilbert Welch.
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