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Breast cancer screening

The American Journal of Surgery, 1999
Three breast cancer screening methods are commonly employed: mammography, breast self examination (BSE), and physical examination by trained personnel (PE). Case-control, retrospective, and prospective studies have examined the efficacy of these screening modalities in reducing breast cancer mortality.
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Lung Cancer Screening

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2022
AbstractLung cancer is a leading cause of cancer death in the United States and globally with the majority of lung cancer cases attributable to cigarette smoking. Given the high societal and personal cost of a diagnosis of lung cancer including that most cases of lung cancer when diagnosed are found at a late stage, work over the past 40 years has ...
Elizabeth, Lee, Ella A, Kazerooni
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Breast-Cancer Screening

New England Journal of Medicine, 1992
Breast cancer, as the second leading form of cancer death among women, causes significant morbidity and mortality. The primary care physician can help raise the survival rate of women with breast cancer by providing important screening procedures that will lead to early diagnosis and treatment.
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Cancer Screening

2001
Cancer is a growing health problem worldwide, mainly due to the expanding elderly population. Screening for cancer aims to reduce cancer mortality and morbidity by targeting asymptomatic people to identify those at increased risk of having either disease or precancerous changes. Screening is an intervention on groups of people who have not demanded the
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Cervical Cancer Screening

JAMA, 2014
of the Clinical Problem Approximately 12 000 new cases of cervical cancer are expected to occur in the United States in 2014, with 4000 deaths from the disease.1 Women younger than 50 years have the highest incidenceofcervicalcancer,andthedisease ismoreprevalent inHispanic andblackwomen.
Anna, Volerman, Adam S, Cifu
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Colorectal cancer screening

Clinical Update, 2007
Commentary In the last few years, we have seen a surge in referrals for colonoscopy because of an increase in public and physician awareness of the need for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. Colonoscopy has become one of the most important screening tools for CRC, because it can provide diagnosis and treatment in 1 visit.
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Screening for Breast Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
Importance Among all US women, breast cancer is the second most common cancer and the second most common cause of cancer death. In 2023, an estimated 43 170 women died of breast cancer. Non-Hispanic White women have the highest incidence of breast cancer
Wanda Nicholson   +17 more
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Colorectal Cancer Screening in Average-Risk Adults

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2019
Who developed these recommendations? The American College of Physicians (ACP) developed these recommendations. The ACP is a professional organization for internal medicine doctors, who specialize in health care for adults. What is the problem and what is

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Prostate cancer screening

Comprehensive Therapy, 2005
Prostate cancer is the leading noncutaneous cancer in men of the Western world. Because of its prevalence and ability to cause morbidity and mortality,prostate cancer screening continues to be an important area of focus in health care. This article covers the sensitivity and specificity of prostate-specific antigen and current techniques used to ...
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Colorectal Cancer Screening

AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 2009
We discuss colorectal cancer screening with two gastroenterologists, including results from two recently published studies showing long-term effects of screening.
Jeanette M, Daly   +2 more
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