Tag: Screening
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
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