Please note: This publication has been rescinded
Issues covered in this report include: screening for coronary artery, cerebrovascular and peripheral arterial diseases; screening for lung, skin, testicular, ovarian, pancreatic, oral, cervical and breast cancers; and counselling on the cessation of smoking.
Synopsis
The NHMRC Working Party on Preventive Activities was established to provide recommendations to Australian primary health care professionals on preventive activities relating to cancer and cardiovascular disease.
The aim of the project was to assess the scientific literature on the value of a range of preventive activities in terms of their impact on health outcomes. Its purpose was also to produce a comprehensive reference work, targeted to Australian primary health care professionals, on the preventive activities which should and should not be undertaken.
Issues covered in this report include: screening for coronary artery, cerebrovascular and peripheral arterial diseases; screening for lung, skin, testicular, ovarian, pancreatic, oral, cervical and breast cancers; and counselling on the cessation of smoking. Not included in this document are guidelines about overweight, obesity, exercise and screening for prostate and colorectal cancer as these are currently being prepared by other committees of the NHMRC.
The report's recommendations are aimed at general practitioners and are guidelines only to be used by the clinician in the context of each individual person's setting. This renders some recommendations deliberately broad.
