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The impact of early cancer detection and the treatment outcomes vary, as there are instances where even with available treatment, early detection may not enhance the overall survival. If the cancer screening does not change the treatment outcome, the screening only prolongs the time the individual lived with the knowledge of their cancer diagnosis.
The programme should integrate education, testing, clinical services and programme management. There should be quality assurance, with mechanisms to minimize potential risks of screening. The programme should ensure informed consent, confidentiality and respect for personal, bodily autonomy.
Every October, breast cancer awareness month is observed across the country, a time to educate the community and promote early detection.
[14] [15] Early detection through screening is useful for cervical and colorectal cancer. [16] The benefits of screening for breast cancer are controversial. [16] [17] Cancer is often treated with some combination of radiation therapy, surgery, chemotherapy and targeted therapy. [2] [4] Pain and symptom management are an important part of care. [2]
Sidney Farber is regarded as the father of modern chemotherapy.. Cancer research has been ongoing for centuries. Early research focused on the causes of cancer. [1] Percivall Pott identified the first environmental trigger (chimney soot) for cancer in 1775 and cigarette smoking was identified as a cause of lung cancer in 1950.
Mammography is a common screening method, since it is relatively fast and widely available in developed countries. Mammography is a type of radiography used on the breasts. . It is typically used for two purposes: to aid in the diagnosis of a woman who is experiencing symptoms or has been called back for follow-up views (called diagnostic mammography), and for medical screening of apparently ...
The use of mammography as a screening tool for the detection of early breast cancer in otherwise healthy women without symptoms is seen by some as controversial. [ 71 ] [ 72 ] [ 73 ] Keen and Keen indicated that repeated mammography starting at age fifty saves about 1.8 lives over 15 years for every 1,000 women screened. [ 74 ]
The US Senate on 26 March 2009 issued a new bill (S. 717), the 21st Century Cancer Access to Life-Saving Early detection, Research and Treatment (ALERT) Act [28] intended to "overhaul the 1971 National Cancer Act." [7] The bill aims to improve patient access to prevention and early detection by: providing funding for research in early detection,