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For screening to be useful, the test or procedure must readily identify the disease in question, and the subsequent
treatment
must result in some measurable benefit.
If positive, cancer treatment, such as surgery or radiation, will follow.
Moreover, younger patients, at least, can better withstand the side effects of cancer
treatment.
And there is no credible evidence that low-grade prostate cancer uniformly progresses to higher-grade cancers, so early
treatment
is not essential.
Moreover, cancer
treatment
often carries serious side effects – including urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction, and, in those who undergo radiation, inflammation of the lower rectum or bladder, as well as underreported effects like fecal incontinence – that can negatively affect patients’ quality of life.
Given this, an active surveillance program could be the best way to address the most serious consequence of excessive screening: premature, overly aggressive
treatment.
In an active surveillance program, a patient diagnosed with a PSA-prompted biopsy delays
treatment.
Only when signs indicate that the cancer is becoming dangerous is
treatment
initiated.
With health-care systems often failing to provide patients with the
treatment
they need at a price they can afford, and with health innovation not addressing public health needs, the status quo is not sustainable.
For example, it is not obvious how to deal with the fact that decisions by large countries have larger externalities, both positive and negative, than those made by their smaller peers, setting the ground for different
treatment
in a monetary union of supposed equals.
Investments in effective prevention,
treatment
and research in 2005 and 2006 will save millions of lives, lessen the socio-economic impact of the diseases in poorer countries, and remove the need for increased spending on these chronic crises in the future.
Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, coupled with screening and treatment, could prevent the vast majority of cervical cancer cases.
But almost 90% of the women who die from cervical cancer are in developing countries, where, for too many of them, screening services are unavailable, and
treatment
even less so.
It takes time and significant investment to set up effective screening and
treatment
services.
Expanding Crime and Punishment in TibetNEW YORK – China has been widely criticized for its harsh
treatment
of almost any form of political dissent in Tibet.
Higher-level leaders may have taken up the case against Karma – persuading their counterparts in Xinjiang to resurrect the old antiques case – because he had used his connections in Beijing to complain about the
treatment
of his brothers by officials in Tibet.
The Rohingya are not recognized by Burmese law, and face official discrimination and harsh treatment, including virtually impenetrable barriers to citizenship and forced labor.
Broader use of rapid diagnostics will permit more effective
treatment
for flu cases at risk of developing serious complications.
Others, no less adamant about the importance of fairness, define it in terms of “equal treatment.”
Similarly, Sanders and his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, favor effectively doing away with differential
treatment
of capital gains – a major reason why the richest Americans often enjoy lower rates.
Today, some 22 million people living with HIV are receiving
treatment.
First, as the global AIDS response expanded, it faced the dual challenge of including hard-to-reach communities while continuing to support a growing number of patients receiving
treatment.
In South Africa, where as many as 4.3 million people with HIV are receiving treatment, prescriptions can be refilled at pharmacist-managed vending machines.
In Lesotho, where people may live hours from a health facility, HIV testing is offered in the home and, for those found to have HIV infection, community
treatment
is supported by local health workers.
For TB, this might mean longer gaps between checkups for patients who adhere to
treatment
and show no signs of drug resistance, while those experiencing side effects or who require more complex treatments could receive more intensive care.
Second, HIV programs succeeded in part because they established goals for the entire “cascade of care” – from diagnosis to
treatment.
For example, the “90-90-90” targets set by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) – in which 90% of people living with HIV have been diagnosed, 90% of those diagnosed with HIV are on treatment, and 90% of those on
treatment
are virally suppressed – helped focus the global AIDS response.
The Stop TB Partnership, for example, has proposed 90-(90)-90
treatment
goals for the disease, although they have yet to be widely adopted.
But the latter goal is not disaggregated along the NCD care cascade of diagnosis and
treatment.
For example, it would be useful for programs to monitor how many people with high blood pressure have been diagnosed and placed on treatment, what proportion of those on
treatment
have achieved blood-pressure control, and what
treatment
level would be required to reduce premature deaths by the desired target.
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