Cancer screening in Australia: future directions in melanoma, Lynch syndrome, and liver, lung and prostate cancers

While Australia now has well-established national screening programs for breast, bowel and cervical cancers, research continues into the feasibility of developing systematic screening programs for a number of other cancers. In this paper, experts in their fields provide perspectives on the current s...

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Published in:	Public Health Research & Practice
Main Authors:	Marianne F Weber, Henry M Marshall, Nicole Rankin, Stephen Duffy, Kwun M Fong, Kate Dunlop, Lauren Humphreys, Amelia K Smit, Anne E Cust, Natalie Taylor, Gillian Mitchell, Yoon-Jung Kang, Kathy Tucker, Mark Jenkins, Finlay Macrae, Ian Lockart, Mark Danta, Bruce K Armstrong, Megan Howe
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	CSIRO Publishing 2019-07-01
Subjects:	cancer screening Australia
Online Access:	http://www.phrp.com.au/issues/july-2019-volume-29-issue-2/cancer-screening-australia-future-directions-melanoma-lynch-syndrome-liver-lung-prostate-cancers/

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