Quantitative Methods of Evaluation of Cancer Screening - Hardcover

Duffy, Stephen W.; Hill, Catherine; Esteve, Jacques

 
9780340741252: Quantitative Methods of Evaluation of Cancer Screening
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0340741252 ISBN 13: 9780340741252
Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 2001

Synopsis

Cancer screening programmes have become routine practice throughout the developed world – aiming to detect the presence of the disease prior to the manifestation of symptoms, and to increase the likelihood of successful treatment. Naturally, these programmes require regular monitoring to ensure that screening quality is maintained, and to advance the early–warning system as much as possible. Quantitative Methods for the Evaluation of Cancer Screening is a professional title designed to provide the researchers of these screening programmes with up–to–date methods and tools for improving evaluation. The book presents an introduction to cancer screening and to the methods that are employed for its monitoring, followed by an in–depth account of the more complicated modelling approaches. Each chapter is written by an international expert in the field, and imparts practical specialist information that the reader can apply to the evaluation of their own programmes. Case studies illustrate the methods in practice and provide further illumination of the fields of breast, cervix, large bowel, and neuroblastoma screening.

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About the Author

Stephen W. Duffy is Principal Scientist in the Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Epidemiology at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, UK.

Catherine Hill is Head of Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the Institut Gustave Roussy, France.

Jacques Esteve is Professor of Biostatistics at Centre Hospitalier Lyon–Sud, France.

From the Back Cover

Cancer screening programmes have become routine practice throughout the developed world – aiming to detect the presence of the disease prior to the manifestation of symptoms, and to increase the likelihood of successful treatment. Naturally, these programmes require regular monitoring to ensure that screening quality is maintained, and to advance the early–warning system as much as possible. Quantitative Methods for the Evaluation of Cancer Screening is a professional title designed to provide the researchers of these screening programmes with up–to–date methods and tools for improving evaluation. The book presents an introduction to cancer screening and to the methods that are employed for its monitoring, followed by an in–depth account of the more complicated modelling approaches. Each chapter is written by an international expert in the field, and imparts practical specialist information that the reader can apply to the evaluation of their own programmes. Case studies illustrate the methods in practice and provide further illumination of the fields of breast, cervix, large bowel, and neuroblastoma screening.

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Publisher
Wiley–Blackwell
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0340741252
ISBN 13 
9780340741252
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
176

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