Population screening for cancer
142 results
59 - 142Clinical assessment for the detection of oral cavity cancer and potentially malignant disorders in apparently healthy adults
Screening for lung cancer
Lung cancer screening with low-dose CT does not affect smoking cessation rates
Self examination for breast cancer
Guaiac‐based faecal occult blood tests versus faecal immunochemical tests for colorectal cancer screening in average‐risk individuals
Colon cancer screening with fecal immunochemical tests: False-positive rates vary
Screening for reducing morbidity and mortality in malignant melanoma
Impact of low‐dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening on lung cancer‐related mortality
Observation = radical prostatectomy for most pts with localized prostate cancer (PIVOT)
The full truth about prostate cancer screening is suppressed again (ERSPC)
Mammography in combination with breast ultrasonography versus mammography for breast cancer screening in women at average risk
Low cost versus other screening tests to detect cervical cancer or precancer in developing countries
Colorectal neoplasia yield similar for FIT every 1, 2 or 3 years
Subsequent colon cancer is rare in older patients with polyps
Markov model: colonoscopy is most effective strategy in improving outcomes
Better estimate of prostate cancer risk based on the number of close relatives with prostate cancer and their age at diagnosis
Strategies for increasing the participation of women in community breast cancer screening
Systematic screening and assessment of psychosocial well‐being and care needs of people with cancer
Combined ultrasound + mammogram for high-risk women increases cancer yield
Results of fecal immunochemical tests for colorectal cancer screening not affected by NSAIDs, aspirin, or anticoagulants
Helicobacter pylori eradication for the prevention of gastric neoplasia
Negative colonoscopy result predicts no colon cancer for more than 10 years
Problems of childhood or adolescence cancer survivors in adulthood
Colon CA unlikely if unexplained anemia but ferritin >100 ng/mL
Training health workers in clinical breast examination for early detection of breast cancer in low‐ and middle‐income countries
Severe fatigue after treatment for childhood cancer
Flexible sigmoidoscopy versus faecal occult blood testing for colorectal cancer screening in asymptomatic individuals
FIT has similar yield as colonoscopy for colorectal cancer and advanced adenoma over 10 years
Human papillomavirus testing versus conventional cytology for cytological cervical lesions
Hereditary susceptibility to cancer
New screening test for nasopharyngeal cancer accurate but not proven to improve patient outcomes
Postcoital bleeding of limited use in determining cervical cancer risk
Prostate cancer
Invitation to a single colonoscopy has only modest impact on colorectal cancer incidence (NordICC)
Personalised risk communication for informed decision making about taking screening tests: Cochrane systematic review
Rural Black women who are given the option of home HPV sampling are more likely to get screened
Signs and symptoms can indicate an increase in the likelihood of ovarian cancer
High adenoma detection rate during colonoscopy associated with lower incidence of colorectal cancer
Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection
British guidelines for chronic diarrhea in adults
Myositis
Water infusion versus air insufflation for colonoscopy: Cochrane systematic review
Incidence of complications after conization of the uterine cervix
Lynch syndrome
Second-generation fecal DNA plus FIT test is more sensitive and specific, but no mortality data (BLUE-C)
Virtual colonoscopy avoids the need for bowel prep
Palliative interventions for controlling vaginal bleeding in advanced cervical cancer
Postoperative tamoxifen for ductal carcinoma in situ
Evaluation of thrombophilia
Exercise for reducing falls in people living with and beyond cancer: Cochrane systematic review
Early and late adverse renal effects after potentially nephrotoxic treatment for childhood cancer
Prophylactic vaccination against human papillomaviruses to prevent cervical cancer and its precursors
Value of surveillance in patients with low-risk polyps is uncertain
Interventions for anal canal intraepithelial neoplasia
Clinical, functional, and demographic factors predict 10-year mortality in adults older than 50
Risk‐reducing mastectomy for the prevention of primary breast cancer
Galactomannan detection in broncho‐alveolar lavage fluid for invasive aspergillosis in immunocompromised patients
Localization techniques for guided surgical excision of non‐palpable breast lesions
Government regulation of private health insurance
Rare endocrine tumours
Behavioural activation therapy for depression in adults with non‐communicable diseases
Polymerase chain reaction blood tests for the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis in immunocompromised people
Isolation as a strategy for controlling the transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in haemodialysis units
Chemotherapy for advanced gastric cancer
Anti‐epidermal growth factor receptor therapy for glioblastoma in adults
Peptic ulcer disease, Helicobacter pylori infection and chronic gastritis
Poly(ADP‐ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors for the treatment of ovarian cancer
Calcitonin testing for detection of medullary thyroid cancer in people with thyroid nodules
Interactive telemedicine: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes
Manually‐generated reminders delivered on paper: effects on professional practice and patient outcomes