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In an accessible yet fastidiously researched intervention Early
Detection sets out the urgent necessity of fundamentally
re-directing the US’s approach to cancer treatment if President
Biden’s recently announced prioritization of the issue is to be
successful. Catching cancer early remains the single best approach
to fighting this deadly disease, the second-leading killer both in
the US and worldwide. Yet, the health system often fails to do so,
even when the necessary tools are available. Early Detection looks
at shortcomings in cancer screening efforts and how early
detection procedures can be expanded and improved.. Early Detection
explores cancer screening systematically and scientifically,
examining the subject from the level of individual tests all the
way up to the roles and incentives of large healthcare systems and
the federal government. It looks not only at the scientific
challenges involved but also the social and organizational
challenges, an angle that has been traditionally under-covered but
is especially relevant in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The book
also highlights the disparities of race and economic class that
affect access to early screening. This problem exists throughout
the medical system overall but, when it comes to early detection,
the problem becomes especially far-reaching from both an ethical
and an economic point of view. In teaming together, Bruce Ratner
and Adam Bonislawski combine the passions of someone touched deeply
by the experience of cancer and the cool analysis of an expert in
medical policy and science. They tackle the subject with a
combination of breadth and granularity, exploring why early
detection has not been given the level of priority it deserves, and
the ways it can dramatically reduce cancer deaths in this country.
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