Abstract
Despite recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of many types of cancer, the morbidity and mortality from cancer remain great. If cancer is cured, its aftereffects in financial, physical, and emotional matters shadow the remainder of that individual’s life. Even when screening is effective and more patients survive, the financial and emotional costs of having had a cancer are very high.
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Neugut, A.I. (1994). Primary Prevention. In: Love, R.R. (eds) Manual of Clinical Oncology. UICC International Union Against Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85159-9_5
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