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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).
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Mass Screening for Breast Cancer
Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine, 1986Breast cancer is now the most common cancer in women. There is a certain correlation between the stage of the disease at diagnosis and outcome after treatment. Several studies have been initiated involving mammography with or without physical examination aimed at early detection of breast cancer in asymptomatic women.
S, Björnsson, A, Brekkan, H, Tulinius
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Colonoscopy as a mass screening tool
European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 1998There is strong evidence that population screening can reduce mortality from colorectal cancer. Screening tests such as faecal occult blood test and flexible sigmoidoscopy are used to identify patients with an increased risk of cancer who would benefit from a full colon examination. There is indirect evidence that colonoscopy may be effective as a mass
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Mass Screening: Is It Cost-effective?
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1980Reported elsewhere in this issue (p 2056) is the experience of a local cancer detection center in finding cancer of the colon. This report, along with others concerning the routine periodic screening of the asymptomatic population, raises questions regarding the benefits derived from mass screening vs the costs.
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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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Screening Bone Mass Measurements
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1986Excerpt To the editor: The technical limitations of bone mass measurements, and their potential misuse, are discussed by Dr. Ott in her editorial (1).
R, Wasnich, P, Ross
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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 Screenings at Mass Participation Events
Current Sports Medicine Reports, 2015MedFest events offer preparticipation physical evaluations to Special Olympics athletes. This free service can occur as free-standing events or can take place during Special Olympics Games. The goals of MedFest are to screen for conditions that are potentially life threatening or disabling or may predispose the athlete to injury or illness.
Peter H, Seidenberg, Jason L, Eggers
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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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