Screening for malignant disease aims to reduce the population risk of impaired health due to the tumor in question. Screening does not only entail testing but covers all steps required to achieve the intended reduction in risk, from the appropriate ...

Breast cancer screening using mammography is one of the few screening interventions that have been assessed in several large randomized controlled studies (RCTs). Results from eight RCTs are available and have been summarized in several systematic reviews ...

Prostate cancer screening has been a controversial for decades. The recently published findings of large trials have further intensified the debate. The prospect of reducing mortality from prostate cancer is measured against the risk of over-diagnosing ...

At the beginning of the 20th Century, cervical cancer was the leading cause of death from cancer in women. A marked decline in cervical cancer has been observed since the 1960s, in parallel with the introduction of the Papanicolau (Pap) test as a ...

One of the most common cancers, colorectal cancer is a leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. The vast majority of colorectal carcinomas develop slowly from easily-removed precursors (adenomas), and in contrast to most other types of cancer, chances of ...

Lung cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. Patients are usually diagnosed at an advanced stage and have a very poor prognosis. In Switzerland, lung cancer is the most frequent cause of cancer death in men and the second most frequent cause of ...

In most psychological and medical research, patients are assumed to have difficulties with health statistics but clinicians not. However, studies indicate that most doctors have problems in understanding health statistics, including those of their own ...

The promises resulting from the decoding of the human genome have not been fulfilled to the extent as expected. At the same time it is fair to say that the results of recent genetic research have not been useless. In the area of ​​​​familial cancer the ...