Healthy Skepticism Library item: 17262
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Publication type: Journal Article
Braillon A, Dubois G, Zielinski O
Screening for prostate cancer: a public campaign, evidence-based-medicine and conflicting interests
The European Journal of Public Health 2008 Nov 11; 19:(2):22
http://eurpub.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/extract/19/2/222
Abstract:
Participation is a key process for the efficacy of cancer screening programs. However, concern for the assessment of the effectiveness of mass publicity campaigns seems to be lacking. Indeed, if you do a query on Pubmed with the following key words <‘public campaign’+screening+cancer+evaluation> fewer than . . .
