Cancer Screening [Paperback]

This 1991 publication was organized by the International Union Against Cancer (UICC), a leading agency in the field of cancer epidemiology and control.Screening is regarded as a cost-effective and clinically useful approach for the early diagnosis of several malignancies, especially common cancers. This 1991 publication was organized by the International Union Against Cancer (UICC), one of the world's foremost agencies in the field of cancer epidemiology and control.Screening is regarded as a cost-effective and clinically useful approach for the early diagnosis of several malignancies, especially common cancers. This 1991 publication was organized by the International Union Against Cancer (UICC), one of the world's foremost agencies in the field of cancer epidemiology and control.Screening is regarded as a cost-effective and clinically useful approach for the early diagnosis of several malignancies, especially such common cancers as those of the breast and the cervix. This 1991 is a publication from the Project on evaluation of Screening for Cancer, organized by the International Union Against Cancer (UICC), one of the world's foremost agencies in the field of cancer epidemiology and control. It contains recommendations from the international authorities on cancers for which screening is used. Findings from studies in many countries are presented and evaluated, and methodological issues are also discussed. This is an influential and authoritative statement on the scope of cancer screening. It will be of interest to oncologists, epidemiologists and others in the public health field.Preface; Part I. Screening for Breast Cancer: State of the Art on Breast Cancer Screening: 1. Sensitivity and specificity of screening in the UK trial of early detection of breast cancer; 2. Screening for breast cancer in Finland; 3. The Swedish two-county trial of mammographic screening for breast cancer: recent results on mortality and tumour characteristics; 4. The Malm? mammographic scl#