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SUMMARY:Cancer Screening and Prevention: Lessons Learned  - Professor Mett
 e Kalager\, University of Oslo
DTSTART:20191108T130000Z
DTEND:20191108T140000Z
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CONTACT:Rosa Attwood
DESCRIPTION:In general\, screenings include an identification of disease o
 r disease precursors among presumptively healthy individuals. There are tw
 o different main approaches to cancer screening: prevention of disease by 
 finding and removing premalignant precursors of cancer\; and early detecti
 on of cancer where the goal is to treat the invasive cancer in an early cu
 rable stage.\n\nScreening for cancer is implemented in many countries. Som
 e screening tests are evaluated in randomized trials before implementation
 \, whereas others have been introduced without randomized trials. Even for
  screening tests previously shown to be effective in randomized trials\, t
 here is concern that today\, they may not be as effective as shown in the 
 trials.\n\nThis talk will address how we can give our population the best 
 cancer screening options.\n\nProfessor Mette Kalager is Professor at the D
 epartment of Health Management and Health Economics\, Institute of Health 
 and Society\, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Oslo\, Norway.\n\nT
 his seminar will be chaired by Dr Mark Kroese\, Consultant in Public Healt
 h Medicine and Director of the PHG Foundation.\n
LOCATION:Large Seminar Room\, 1st Floor\, Institute of Public Health\, Uni
 versity Forvie Site\, Robinson Way\, Cambridge
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