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Mass Screening of Neuroblastoma
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1983Sir .—I must question the conclusion reached by Sawada et al in their article "Mass Screening of Neuroblastoma in Infancy" (Journal1982;136:710-712). Their data show that they screened more than 78,000 children and found four "unsuspected" cases of neuroblastoma. They failed to detect one case that was later found by physical examination. There were 48
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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1972
To the Editor.— We note with interest the growing outcry against mass X-ray film screening. Authorities are concluding that the potential benefit does not warrant the risk of radiation damage. Most analyses of this subject (220:278, 1972) contain a curious, but significant, omission.
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To the Editor.— We note with interest the growing outcry against mass X-ray film screening. Authorities are concluding that the potential benefit does not warrant the risk of radiation damage. Most analyses of this subject (220:278, 1972) contain a curious, but significant, omission.
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Mass Visual Screening Via Television
Ophthalmology, 1978Videotaped programs that could be used for screening of visual acuity and of visual fields by means of broadcast television have been developed and tested. The tests are designed to be effective regardless of the size of the viewer's television screen.
M, Flocks, A R, Rosenthal, J L, Hopkins
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Analysis of mass hypertension screening
Preventive Medicine, 1976Abstract Mass screening for high blood pressure is one means of identifying a significant portion of the hypertensive population. In one weekend 30,329 adults were screened and 35% (8,875 of 25,284 with complete data) were referred for high blood pressure.
S B, Garbus, S B, Garbus
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Forensic mass screening using mtDNA
International Journal of Legal Medicine, 2006At the forensic autopsy of a sexual murder victim, some trace hairs, possibly belonging to the perpetrator, were saved. Initially, the analysis of a pubic hair shaft only revealed the presence of the mitochondrial (mt) DNA haplotype profile consisting of the (CA)(6) allele and the complete hypervariable region 1 (HV1) and 2 (HV2) sequence.
Reinhard, Szibor +4 more
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Mass screening newborns for mucopolysaccharidoses
Clinical Genetics, 1973A modification of Berry's test for the screening of mucopolysaccharides in urine, applicable with urine‐impregnated filter paper, is presented. So far, 15,000 newborns have been screened with this method. Of these, 103 gave a positive test result at 20 days of age.
J, Sabater, M, Villalba, A, Maya
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Mass screening for colorectal cancer
Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, 1989A voluntary community colorectal cancer screening project to detect occult blood in the stool of asymptomatic individuals was undertaken; 49,353 Hemoccult II kits were distributed. A total of 23,674 completed kits were returned to a central repository and processed (compliance rate, 48 percent); 851 participants had positive results (3.6 percent).
I T, Khubchandani +6 more
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Mass Screening for Colorectal Cancer
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1977To the Editor. — As directors of the Colorectal Task Force of the American Cancer Society, District of Columbia Division, Inc, we were interested to read Goodman's negative report on mass screening for colorectal cancer (237:2380, 1977). The American Cancer Society, District of Columbia Division, Inc, is sponsoring a mass screening project in ...
G B, Helfrich, P, Petrucci, H, Webb
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MASS SCREENING IN COLORECTAL CANCER
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 1980The results in a continuing study, using the Haemoccult slides for mass Screening in colorectal cancer In asymptomatic individuals in Central Queensland, are presented. They are compared with those in a review of the incidence of the same disease treated during the years 1972 to 1976 in the same area. A discussion is undertaken to determine whether the
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