Outcomes Assessment in Cancer: Measures, Methods and Applications - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521838908 ISBN 13: 9780521838900

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2005

Synopsis

The U.S. National Cancer Institute established the Cancer Outcomes Measurement Working Group in 2001 to evaluate measurements of the important and diverse impacts of cancer on individuals and populations. The findings and recommendations of the working group's 35 internationally recognized members provide alternative approaches for comprehensively measuring the burden of cancer and the effectiveness of preventive and therapeutic interventions.

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Book Description:

In 2001, the U.S. National Cancer Institute established the Cancer Outcomes Measurement Working Group to evaluate measurements of the important and diverse impacts of cancer on individuals and populations. The findings and recommendations of the working group's 35 internationally recognized members are reported here, lucidly written and accessible to both researchers and policy makers in academia, government, and industry. This volume provides the most penetrating yet practical discussion to date of alternative approaches for comprehensively measuring the burden of cancer and the effectiveness of preventive and therapeutic interventions.

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DOB: May 7, 1973

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0521838908
• ISBN 13: 9780521838900
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 676
• Editor: Lipscomb Joseph, Gotay Carolyn C., Snyder Claire