Download or read book Costs and Effectiveness of Colorectal Cancer Screening in the Elderly written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Costs and effectiveness of colorectal cancer screening in the elderly written by Health Program Office of Technology Assessment U.S. Congress Washington, DC 20510-8025 and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1990 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Costs and Effectiveness of Colorectal Cancer Screening in the Elderly written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This background paper in OTA's series on preventive services for the elderly highlights the increasingly hard choices facing policy makers as they attempt to steer the U.S. health care system toward greater reliance on prevention. OTA found that screening elderly Americans for colorectal cancer with an annual fecal occult blood test (FOBT) could prevent 17 percent of all cases in the elderly but will raise the lifetime health care cost for each 65-yearold person who undergoes regular testing by as much as $700. Screening with both FOBT and periodic flexible sigmoidoscopy, as recommended by the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute, would be even more expensive, but has the potential for making even greater inroads into colorectal cancer incidence and mortality in the elderly.
Download or read book Costs and Effectiveness of Colorectal Cancer Screening in the Elderly written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Costs and Effectiveness of Colorectal Cancer Screening in the Elderly written by Judith L. Wagner and published by . This book was released on 1990-10 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Costs and effectiveness of prostate cancer screening in elderly men written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Costs and Effectiveness of Prostate Cancer Screening in Elderly Men written by DIANE Publishing Company and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Economic Models of Colorectal Cancer Screening in Average Risk Adults written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2005-04-11 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Cancer Policy Board and the Board on Science, Engineering, and Economic Policy convened a workshop in January 2004 on "Economic Models of Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Screening in Average-Risk Adults". The purpose of the workshop was to explore the reasons for differences among leading cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) models of CRC screening, which public health policy makers increasingly rely on to help them sift through the many choices confronting them. Participants discussed the results of a collaborative pre-workshop exercise undertaken by five research teams that have developed and maintained comprehensive models of CRC screening in average-risk adults, to gain insight into each model's structure and assumptions and possible explanations for differences in their published analyses. Workshop participants also examined the current state of knowledge on key inputs to the models with a view toward identifying areas where further research may be warranted. This document summarized the presentations and discussion at the workshop.
Download or read book Costs and Effectiveness of Prostate Cancer Screening in Elderly Men written by United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment and published by U.S. Government Printing Office. This book was released on 1995 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Colorectal Cancer Screening written by Han-Mo Chiu and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-20 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a self-contained review of the theoretical and practical basis of colorectal cancer screening. Colorectal cancer is currently the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide and represents a significant burden for both public health and health care systems. However, colorectal cancer deaths can be prevented using effective screening, and many countries and regions have launched population colorectal cancer screening programs. This book covers various essential aspects of colorectal cancer screening, including the epidemiology of colorectal cancer, the various screening and diagnostic tests or exams, quality issues in colorectal cancer screening, necessary infrastructures, the evaluation of effectiveness, and economic appraisals of screening programs. Focusing on organized screening, in which various quality indicators can easily monitored and effectiveness is more likely to be evaluated, it discusses the basics of screening theory and the natural history of colorectal neoplasms, to help readers understand the rationale behind cancer screening. Lastly, it features international consensus and guidelines on colorectal cancer screening to highlight the current trends in the field. This comprehensive book on recent technological developments and conceptual advances in colorectal cancer screening is a valuable resource for public health workers and clinicians alike.
Download or read book Costs and Effectiveness of Prostate Cancer in Screening in Elderly Men written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, the prostate cancer diagnosis rate has increased dramatically, with a slower increase in age-specific mortality. At least in part, the increasing incidence undoubtedly reflects more aggressive efforts at early detection of prostate cancer, particularly through the use of a new blood test, prostate-specific antigen (PSA). This background paper examines the implications of a potential Medicare benefit to cover prostate cancer screening using a combination of the PSA and digital rectal examination (DRE), a time-honored test performed in the physician's office. OTA concludes that the evidence of benefit for prostate cancer screening is substantially weaker than for preventive services already covered by Medicare. Because the scientific knowledge is limited, but the consequences of prostate cancer and its treatment are serious, an informed patient and his physician could equally well decide to receive screening or forgo it. Medicare reimbursement could be one means of insuring that out-of-pocket expenses not impede well-informed decision-making between physician and patient about whether to receive screening.
Download or read book Costs and Effectiveness of Cervical Cancer Screening in Elderly Women written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Implementing Colorectal Cancer Screening written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The IOM's National Cancer Policy Board estimated in 2003 that even modest efforts to implement known tactics for cancer prevention and early detection could result in up to a 29 percent drop in cancer deaths in about 20 years. The IOM's National Cancer Policy Forum, which succeeded the Board after it was disbanded in 2005, continued the Board's work to outline ways to increase screening in the U.S. On February 25 and 26, 2008, the Forum convened a workshop to discuss screening for colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer screening remains low, despite strong evidence that screening prevents deaths. With the aim to make recommended colorectal cancer screening more widespread, the workshop discussed steps to be taken at the clinic, community, and health system levels. Workshop speakers, representing a broad spectrum of leaders in the field, identified major barriers to increased screening and described strategies to overcome these obstacles. This workshop summary highlights the information presented, as well as the subsequent discussion about actions needed to increase colorectal screening and, ultimately, to prevent more colorectal cancer deaths.
Download or read book Colorectal Cancer in Clinical Practice written by Bernard Levin and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2001-12-20 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colorectal cancer is one of the major malignancies affecting westernized societies, both in terms of incidence and as a cause of mortality: it is, however, a preventable and a detectable disease. Although most countries do not actively promote preventive policies for their general population, this trend is gradually changing. In line with this current development, Colorectal Cancer in Clinical Practice examines prevention and early detection of this disease, as well as discussion of management issues. It will provide the clinician with an accessible and up-to-date guide on the primary and secondary prevention of colorectal cancer, and will be of particular interest to primary care physicians and specialists in gastroenterology, oncology and surgery.
Download or read book Prevention and Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer written by Graeme P. Young and published by W.B. Saunders Company. This book was released on 1996 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an overview of the issues involved in prevention and early detection of colorectal cancer providing up-to-date, practical advice for clinicians. Possible management strategies for those at risk are provided, taking into account the biological principles of colorectal cancer development, epidemiological data and emerging genetic information, as well as social and environmental factors.
Download or read book Costs and Effectiveness of Prostate Cancer Screening in Elderly Men written by Gordon Press Publishers and published by . This book was released on 1997-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the possibility of having Medicare cover prostate cancer (PC) screening. Weighs the benefits and risks of screening and considers the possibility that reimbursement by Medicare could help patients make better decisions which would not be based on money alone. Provides information about PC: the basic biology of PC, risk factors for the disease, mortality rates, etc. Presents the technologies available for early detection along with treatment possibilities. Provides studies of: digital rectal exams, prostate-specific antigens, and transrectal ultrasound. Illustrated.
Download or read book Colorectal Cancer Screening written by Joseph Anderson, MD and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-04-23 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colorectal Cancer Screening provides a complete overview of colorectal cancer screening, from epidemiology and molecular abnormalities, to the latest screening techniques such as stool DNA and FIT, Computerized Tomography (CT) Colonography, High Definition Colonoscopes and Narrow Band Imaging. As the text is devoted entirely to CRC screening, it features many facts, principles, guidelines and figures related to screening in an easy access format. This volume provides a complete guide to colorectal cancer screening which will be informative to the subspecialist as well as the primary care practitioner. It represents the only text that provides this up to date information about a subject that is continually changing. For the primary practitioner, information on the guidelines for screening as well as increasing patient participation is presentedd. For the subspecialist, information regarding the latest imaging techniques as well as flat adenomas and chromoendoscopy are covered. The section on the molecular changes in CRC will appeal to both groups. The text includes up to date information about colorectal screening that encompasses the entire spectrum of the topic and features photographs of polyps as well as diagrams of the morphology of polyps as well as photographs of CT colonography images. Algorithms are presented for all the suggested guidelines. Chapters are devoted to patient participation in screening and risk factors as well as new imaging technology. This useful volume explains the rationale behind screening for CRC. In addition, it covers the different screening options as well as the performance characteristics, when available in the literature, for each test. This volume will be used by the sub specialists who perform screening tests as well as primary care practitioners who refer patients to be screened for colorectal cancer.
