Improving cancer screening
Subtitle: a resource guide for the health professional
By: [editors, Nicholas K. Iammarino, Amethyst C. Werstein ; associate editors, Armin D. Weinberg, Brian Colwell, T.J. Dunlap ; produced by the Center for Cancer Control Research, Baylor College of Medicine/the Methodist Hospital for the Texas Cancer Council].
Contributors: Iammarino, Nicholas K.; Werstein, Amethyst C.; Baylor College of Medicine. Center for Cancer Control Research.; Texas Cancer Council.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: The Council
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Austin, Tex. (P.O. Box 12097, Austin 78711)
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Cancer -- Prevention -- Bibliography.; Medical screening -- Bibliography.; Cancer -- Prevention -- Indexes.; Medical screening -- Indexes.; Mass Screening -- bibliography; Neoplasms -- diagnosis -- bibliography
Table of contents: title: Principles of screening in the early detection of disease; title: Types of screening programs; title: Considerations in establishing screening programs; title: Checklist for a successful screening program; title: Future trends in screening: screening and health care reform; title: Future trends in screening: opportunities for improving cancer screening; title: Sources of information about cancer screening programs; title: Cancer screening research; title: Published literature; title: Published guidelines; title: Screening/early detection program information; title: Information gatekeepers; title: Research and program development funding; title: Breast cancer screening; title: Executive summary; title: Epidemiology; title: Etiology and risk factors; title: Guidelines; title: Issues in breast cancer screening; title: Matrix; title: Cervical cancer screening; title: Executive summary; title: Epidemiology; title: Etiology and risk factors; title: Guidelines; title: Issues in cervical cancer screening; title: Matrix; title: Colorectal cancer screening; title: Executive summary; title: Epidemiology; title: Etiology and risk factors; title: Guidelines; title: Issues in colorectal cancer screening; title: Matrix.; title: (cont) Prostate cancer screening; title: Executive summary; title: Epidemiology; title: Etiology and risk factors; title: Guidelines; title: Issues in prostate cancer screening; title: Matrix; title: Methods and procedures; title: Journal articles reprint information; title: Medical libraries in Texas.