Tag: Screening
Direct-to-Patient Digital Health Program Improves Lung Cancer Screening Rates
Odds of chest CT completion up by 60 percent compared with usual care
Fewer Than Half of Youth Receive Tobacco Use Screening, Advice
Youth with psychological distress more likely to be screened but not advised about tobacco use
Estimates of Breast CA Risk for Pathogenic Variants Vary by Family Hx
Estimates for established pathogenic variants vary by family history and potentially modifiable risk factors
Incidence of Invasive Lobular Carcinoma Rose From 2012 to 2021
Authors say that because survival after seven years is lower, more early detection strategies are needed
Intervention Boosts Pediatrician Adherence to Guidelines for Early Peanut Introduction
Significantly increased adherence in both high- and low-risk children supports broader dissemination, authors say
AAP: Routine Asthma Symptom Screening Improves Pediatric Diagnoses
High prevalence of poor housing quality seen in children diagnosed with asthma and even higher prevalence seen in those with underdiagnosed asthma
2015 to 2024 Saw Increase in Testing for Lipoprotein(a)
Increase reported in annual number of tested patients and percentage of total patient population tested, reaching 0.24 percent in 2024
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
