Screening for a Cancer: A Sad Chapter in Today's Epidemiology

To an epidemiologist in the practice of community medicine, a cancer is a problem principally in terms of its contribution to mortality in the cared-for population. This epidemiologist's practice in respect to a particular cancer thus is principally aimed at reduction of (the rate of) mortality...

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Veröffentlicht in:	European journal of epidemiology 2008-10, Vol.23 (10), p.647-653
1. Verfasser:	Miettinen, Olli S.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cancer Cancer screening Cardiology Clinical medicine Commentary Community health care Community medicine Early diagnosis Epidemiology Humans Infectious Diseases Mass Screening Medicine Medicine & Public Health Mortality Neoplasms - diagnosis Neoplasms - epidemiology Neoplasms - prevention & control Oncology Preventive Medicine Public Health Research biases Screening tests Symptoms Volunteerism
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Zusammenfassung:	To an epidemiologist in the practice of community medicine, a cancer is a problem principally in terms of its contribution to mortality in the cared-for population. This epidemiologist's practice in respect to a particular cancer thus is principally aimed at reduction of (the rate of) mortality from the cancer.
ISSN:	0393-2990 1573-7284
DOI:	10.1007/s10654-008-9284-9