Most US Cancer Prevention Guidelines Don’t Provide Information Needed for Decision-Making
A partir d'une revue systématique des recommandations publiées jusqu'en juillet 2015 par 5 institutions savantes américaines, cette étude analyse les modalités de présentation des bénéfices et des risques associés aux tests ou examens de dépistage des cancers ainsi qu'aux traitements préventifs
The majority of cancer prevention and screening recommendations in the United States did not quantify benefits and harms or were unable to be presented in an even matter. These prevention and screening recommendations should be improved so that both clinicians and patients have better access to information so that they can make a more educated decision, according to a study published February 23 in the JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Guidelines for cancer prevention and screening are meant to help provide high-quality benefit-harm information to clinicians so that they …
Journal of the National Cancer Institute , communiqué de presse, 2016