Computed tomography screening : Better safe than sorry?  

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Kmietowicz, Zosia

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: British Medical Journal (keterangan: ada di Proquest) vol. 335 no. 7631 (Dec. 2007), page 1182.

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: B16.K.2007.01 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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There can be few doctors who haven’t had at least one patient ask them about the value of health screening tests using computed tomography in the past few months. Look up momentarily from the pavement or your seat on public transport and it is highly likely you will catch a glimpse of an advertising hoarding promoting state of the art diagnostic machinery for an all over health check. "Beat your silent killers" with scans tailored to your individual needs, say the websites of the clinics offering screening services. Some clinics even offer a reduction for loyalty, with repeat scans at a discount. Keep reading and the stories of early diagnoses that would otherwise have gone unnoticed can trigger worrying thoughts about what disease you could be harbouring—and make even long suffering NHS stalwarts reach for a credit card. The clinics offer an array of preventive medical examinations. As well as . . .

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