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Should I Be Tested for Cancer?: Maybe Not and Here's Why Paperback - 2006 - 1st Edition

by H. Gilbert Welch

In this thought-provoking volume, a physician and public health expert challenges the notion that detecting cancer early always saves lives.


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"I have long been a fan of Dr. Welch's research and his considerable insight into the dilemma of disease screening. I'm profoundly grateful that he has now made this information available to everyone in an easy-to-read, practical book. Should I Be Tested for Cancer? is a must-read for every doctor and patient in this country."--Christiane Northrup, M.D., author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom

"I did not think it possible to bring such a dry topic to life, but Dr. Welch has done it. He writes wonderfully well. For anyone interested in cancer screening or preventive medicine, this book is a page-turner. It will be a rare person--layperson or health professional--whose perspective is not changed by reading this provocative book."--Alfred Berg, M.D., M.P.H., Chair of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

"Dr. Welch has performed an invaluable public service. Whatever the successes of the nation's 'war on cancer, ' too many people now believe it's always in their best interest to detect the disease early and rout it, regardless of the costs. This book will inject reason and good sense into an arena of medical decision making often dominated by hype and fear."--Susan Dentzer, Health Correspondent, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

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  • Title Should I Be Tested for Cancer?: Maybe Not and Here's Why
  • Author H. Gilbert Welch
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 234
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley
  • Date 2006-03-06
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780520248366 / 0520248368
  • Weight 0.83 lbs (0.38 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.74 x 5.86 x 0.59 in (22.20 x 14.88 x 1.50 cm)
  • Reading level 1160
  • Library of Congress subjects Cancer, Cancer - Diagnosis
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003012771
  • Dewey Decimal Code 616.994

About the author

H. Gilbert Welch, M.D., M.P.H., is Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Community and Family Medicine at Dartmouth Medical School and Codirector of the VA Outcomes Group in the Department of Veterans Affairs, White River Junction, Vermont.
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