Screening faz bem à saúde?

Eluf-Neto, José; Wünsch-Filho, Victor

doi:10.1590/s0104-42302000000400028

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“…Thus, if early diagnosis does not affect the disease course, early awareness of the disease only makes the individual feel sick for longer. Thus, the harmful impacts of screening should be important considerations for epidemiologists and public health professionals 115 .…”

Section: Evaluation Of Early Cancer Detection Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Epidemiological science and cancer control

Toporcov¹,

Filho²

2018

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Epidemiological methods are essential for the discovery of cancer risks and prognostic factors as well as for the evaluation of cancer prevention measures. In this review, we discuss epidemiological surveillance procedures for data collection and processing to guide and evaluate the consequences of anticancer efforts for populations, assess the identification of cancer risk factors, examine barriers to cancer screening and recommended rules for early diagnosis programs. Epidemiological studies have shown that hindrances to cancer information assessment are currently encountered in developing countries. Known cancer risk factors include social determinants, lifestyle factors, occupational exposures, infectious agents, and genetic and epigenetic alterations. Challenges remain in studying the effectiveness of cancer screening; screening can have detrimental effects, and few cancers clearly benefit from screening. Currently, epidemiology faces the challenge of dealing with distinct levels of data, including factors related to social status, lifestyle and genetics, to reconstruct the causal traits of cancer. Additionally, translating epidemiological knowledge into cancer control demands more implementation studies in the population.

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Section: Evaluation Of Early Cancer Detection Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%