A GENERAL-PRACTITIONERS POINT-OF-VIEW ON CANCER SCREENING

Screening definitely plays a major part in a general practitioner's li fe as he very often has to attend to patients whose wish is to remain in good health. Yet he is not always eager to take an active part in t he mass screening campaigns launched. That may be due to a number of r easons: he may confuse the diagnosis approach and the screening one, b e unaware of the requirements of public health, or may find it difficu lt to add another objective to the office calf. Those obstacles may be overcome provided the specificities of the general practitioner's are taken into account and an effort at information and training is made. The success of screening campaigns depends on it.