Quantitative methods for the evaluation of cancer screening /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Duffy, Stephen W., Hill, Catherine, Estève, Jacques
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : New York : Arnold ; Oxford, 2001.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction and brief history of cancer screening evaluation techniques
  • Important influences on effectiveness and costs to be considered in the evaluation of cancer screening
  • Contamination and non-compliance in screening trials
  • Evaluating periodic cancer screening without a randomized control group : a simplified design and analysis
  • Markov chain models of breast tumour progression and its arrest by screening
  • Metastases at diagnosis : a key to understanding the natural history of breast cancer
  • Use of an illness-death model to predict the effects of different breast screening intervals
  • Screening evaluation and monitoring : some practical considerations
  • Use of routine data to monitor and evaluate cervical screening
  • Interpretation of the effect of population screening using routine incidence and mortality data
  • Optimal use of Pap smear screening for cervical cancer
  • Population-based breast cancer screening programmes : estimates of sensitivity, over-diagnosis and early prediction of the benefit
  • Assessment of a colorectal cancer screening programme taking account of the natural history of the disease
  • Screening for neuroblastoma in children : insight gained from the modelling of various screening strategies