Cancer screening.(Website of the Week)

Cancer screening There is no denying that the web internationalises debate. It can also make you a hero or a villain in a web based community that you barely knew existed. Gavin Yamey and Michael Wilkes (p 431) discovered that questioning the wisdom of screening for prostate cancer ensures that your inbox is full of "accusations, abuse, and threats." They raised a storm with their editorial in the San Francisco Chronicle (www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ article.cgi?file =/chronicle/archive/2002/01/18/ED135201.DTL). The Chronicle provides a helpful feedback button that carries readers' views instantly to authors. It allows you to email the article to a friend. Great features but …