Separate Estimation of Primary and Secondary Cancer Preventive Impact: Analysis of a Case-Control Study of Skin Self-Examination and Melanoma
癌症一级与二级预防效果的分别估计:皮肤自检与黑色素瘤病例对照研究
Case-control studies increasingly have been used to evaluate the impact of cancer screening strategies. In this context the intent of the screening test has been to reduce cancer mortality by early detection of cancers, permitting curative therapy in some patients who would die of the disease if diagnosis were delayed until the disease was detected clinically. This phenomenon is known as secondary prevention. In an analysis of a case-control study of skin self-examination…