Evidence Necessary to Justify Interventional Prevention for Cancer
10.3820/jjpe1996.9.7
- VernacularTitle:がん予防分野における介入のためのエビデンス
- Author:
Akira OSHIMA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
cancer prevention;
RCT;
cohort study;
case-control study
- From:Japanese Journal of Pharmacoepidemiology
2004;9(1):7-14
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
In this paper the evidence necessary to justify interventional prevention for cancer is discussed. In Japan, to date few trials with a design of RCT have been conducted in the field of cancer prevention. However, as it has been shown that preventive measures such as cancer screening and chemoprevention generally cause some harm and they are not always effective in reducing mortality, there should be evidence from good-quality RCTs showing that they do more good than harm before any new cancer screening and cancer prevention measures are implemented as public health services.
