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Citation
(2010), "Cancer Control", International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Vol. 23 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijhcqa.2010.06223dae.003
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2010, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Cancer Control
Cancer Control
Article Type: Recent publications From: International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Volume 23, Issue 4
Edited by J. Mark Elwood and Simon B. Sutcliffe,OUP,January 2010,ISBN: 978-0-19-955017-3
Keywords: Ill health prevention, Healthcare research, Cancer control, Integrated healthcare programmes
Cancer control is the term applied to the development of integrated population-based approaches to reduce the incidence and mortality from cancer and to minimize its impact on affected individuals and on the community. It covers a spectrum of prevention, early diagnosis, optimal treatment, and supportive and palliative care. It emphasizes the application of new knowledge gained through research to achieve current best practice. Cancer control has become a political priority in many countries in recent years, with the evolution of both national and regional cancer control strategic plans. The integrated nature of cancer control, involving a wide spectrum of health care professionals, researchers, and health managers and planners, is reflected in this multi-disciplinary text, which is the first in this rapidly developing field.
Contents include:
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“The cancer challenge”.
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“Cancer control and the burden of cancer”.
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“Prevention and screening”.
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“Active cancer prevention”.
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“Achieving behavioural changes in individuals and populations”.
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“Early diagnosis and screening in cancer control”.
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“Applying new research”.
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“Integrating science with service in cancer control: closing the gap between discovery and delivery”.
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“The impact of immunization on cancer control: the example of HPV vaccination”.
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“Improving patient care”.
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“Improving cancer services: the approach taken in England”.
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“Population-based cancer control and the role of guidelines – towards a ‘systems’ approach”.
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“The optimal provision of cancer treatment services”.
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“Managing the cost of new therapies: the challenge of funding new drugs”.
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“Community supports for people affected by cancer”.
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“Improving quality of life”.
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“Shifting the paradigm: from complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to integrative oncology”.
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“Patient centred supportive and palliative care”.
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“Integrated cancer control”.
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“From cancer care to cancer control: organization of population-based cancer control systems”.
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“Getting the public involved in cancer control – doing something besides worrying”.
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“Organizational structures for cancer control”.
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“Evaluating the outcomes of cancer control”.
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“Priority setting methods and cancer control”.
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“Ethics and the idea of cancer control”.
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“Integrating cancer control with control of other non-communicable diseases”.
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“Cancer control in developing countries”.
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“Strengthening the global community for cancer control”.