SOSC 1801 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Prostate-Specific Antigen, Oncology, Mammography

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1801
• Professor: Denielle Elliott

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Cancer is caused by changes in a cell"s dna. In a 2010 article in the new york times, richard ablin, the researcher who discovered the test, condemned its use as a screening tool, labelling it a. Prostate specific antigen (psa) test: common cancer screening tool given to men in canada (cid:498)know your number(cid:499) campaign. But . (cid:498)hugely expensive public health disaster(cid:499: he said: (cid:498)hardly more effective than a coin toss(cid:499, debate continues about the role of the test. Controversies about routine breast screening: controversies in the field of oncology, oncology: field of medicine for cancer, understanding risks & benefits in medical screening, mammograms, radiology, nuclear energy. Social inequalities (embedded in structural violence like race) and poverty expose individuals and populations to chronic infections and carcinogens at differing rates, with impoverished individuals, communities, and nations bearing the greater burden of risk and exposure.