The Case for Early Detection

Overview

Journal Nat Rev Cancer

Specialty Oncology

Date 2003 Apr 3

PMID 12671663

Citations 348

Authors

Ruth Etzioni

Nicole Urban

Scott Ramsey

Martin McIntosh

Stephen Schwartz

Brian Reid

Jerald Radich

Garnet Anderson

Leland Hartwell

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Abstract

Early detection represents one of the most promising approaches to reducing the growing cancer burden. It already has a key role in the management of cervical and breast cancer, and is likely to become more important in the control of colorectal, prostate and lung cancer. Early-detection research has recently been revitalized by the advent of novel molecular technologies that can identify cellular changes at the level of the genome or proteome, but how can we harness these new technologies to develop effective and practical screening tests?

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