Final discussion: where do we go from here

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• Personal Author:
  Halperin, William E. ; Schulte P ; Ward E
• Description:
  The strategy for screening high risk occupational groups for bladder cancer was discussed by a panel of experts. A simple model was presented to participants which characterized situations in which screening tests would be needed and selected. The conference dealt primarily with secondary prevention, the early detection of disease before the onset of clinical signs and symptoms; however, it was noted that screening also has a role in primary prevention, intervention that precludes the initiation of the disease process. Tertiary prevention was said to involve clinical care of diseased persons. It was stated that screening must be viewed as part of a continuum of prevention methods for occupational disease and that successful screening programs relied on the screening method or test itself and accompanying effective therapeutic regimes. Some of the participants questioned whether bladder cancer was the optimum disease for a screening program; others expressed concern regarding designation of the high risk population. Associated research needs were tabulated. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Carcinogens Epidemiology Neoplasms Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety Urogenital Diseases Urogenital System
• Keywords:
  Bladder-cancer Cancer-rates Carcinogenesis JOCMA7 Medical-screening NIOSH-Author Risk-analysis Urogenital-system-disorders
• ISSN:
  0096-1736
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  32
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00205905
• Citation:
  J Occup Med 1990 Sep; 32(9):936-945
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1990
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/204775/cdc_204775_DS1.pdf
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