Biomaterial Database

Risks, Benefits, and Conundrums of Cancer Screening. 2020

Nick Love

A pathology fellow and fourth-year medical student at Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, California.

This graphic narrative is a fictional case report illustrated using paint pens and histological micrographs collaged with Adobe Illustrator. The story of Mr P and his physician recapitulates an ethical dilemma presented by cancer screening: screening can save lives, but it also generates diagnostic morbidity and incurs costs.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D011471	Prostatic Neoplasms	Tumors or cancer of the PROSTATE.	Cancer of Prostate,Prostate Cancer,Cancer of the Prostate,Neoplasms, Prostate,Neoplasms, Prostatic,Prostate Neoplasms,Prostatic Cancer,Cancer, Prostate,Cancer, Prostatic,Cancers, Prostate,Cancers, Prostatic,Neoplasm, Prostate,Neoplasm, Prostatic,Prostate Cancers,Prostate Neoplasm,Prostatic Cancers,Prostatic Neoplasm
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000073924	Graphic Novels as Topic	Works about book-length narratives told using a combination of words and sequential art, often presented in comic book style.	Graphic Medicine as Topic,Manga as Topic
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D055088	Early Detection of Cancer	Methods to identify and characterize cancer in the early stages of disease and predict tumor behavior.	Cancer Screening,Cancer Screening Tests,Early Diagnosis of Cancer,Cancer Early Detection,Cancer Early Diagnosis,Cancer Screening Test,Screening Test, Cancer,Screening Tests, Cancer,Screening, Cancer,Test, Cancer Screening,Tests, Cancer Screening