Tag: Screening
Skipping First Mammogram Screening Increases Long-Term Breast Cancer Mortality Risk
Higher mortality likely reflects delayed detection, not higher incidence
Elderly Patients Benefit From Screening Mammography
Women 80 years and older with screening more likely to present with earlier-stage disease and have better survival versus unscreened women
Adding Molecular Breast Imaging to DBT Beneficial for Dense Breasts
Adding MBI to digital breast tomosynthesis provided incremental cancer detection rates of 6.7 and 3.5 percent at year 1 and year 2, respectively
Advances in Cancer Research Described in 15th Cancer Progress Report
20 new anticancer therapeutics, two new devices, two minimally invasive tests, AI-based tools for early detection approved by FDA
Evidence Insufficient to Determine Benefits of Multicancer Screening Tests
Sensitivity ranged from 0.095 to 0.998; specificity from 0.657 to 1.0; AUC from 0.52 to 1.0 across tests
Nonadherence to Cervical Cancer Screening Increased After COVID-19 Pandemic
Greatest increases seen among underrepresented communities including Black adults and those with lower education
Prenatal Detection Rates of Congenital Heart Disease Increasing Over Time
Detection rates up for lesions not routinely detected on four-chamber view but visible on outflow tract views
Dementia Odds Significantly Increase With More Psychiatric Comorbidities
Highest posterior probabilities seen with mood and anxiety disorder co-occurrence
Online Stock Photos of BP Measurement Rarely Align With Guidelines
Guideline deviations include back unsupported, forearm not resting on surface, manual and not electronic device, feet not flat on floor
Providing Personalized Risk Messages Has No Overall Effect on CRC Screening Uptake or...
In one health system, including personalized risk in a decision aid or provider notification increased uptake of stool testing
