Tag: Screening
Osteoporosis Screening Rates Low for Asian American Medicare Beneficiaries
Among Asian American beneficiaries, rates higher for women, those with higher household income
USPSTF Recommends Breast Cancer Screening for Women Aged 40 to 75 Years
Insufficient evidence seen for screening older women and for supplemental screening for women with dense breasts
Home Vision Tests Offer Limited Diagnostic Accuracy for Neovascular AMD
Hospital eye service follow-up clinics maintain better diagnostic accuracy for active lesions
Serum Biomarkers Predict Knee OA Before Radiographic Abnormalities
Six serum peptides reached AUC probability of 77 percent for identifying those who developed OA eight years later
New Prostate Cancer Urine Test Has High Diagnostic Accuracy
Higher AUROC seen for 18-gene MPS2 model compared with current guideline-endorsed biomarkers
Risk Prediction Model Accurate for Chronic Kidney Disease
KDpredict more accurate than kidney failure risk equation for prediction of kidney failure risk
H. Pylori Testing Feasible for People in Community Settings
However, study reveals important barriers in community-based Helicobacter pylori eradication
PCPs Provide Most of the Care Related to Life’s Essential 8
Up to half of people with a cardiovascular risk factor did not see a primary care clinician or cardiologist in the past year
AACR: At-Home HPV Testing Boosts Cervical Cancer Screening Participation
Combining self-sampling with phone-based patient navigation further increases screening participation
AACR: Exosome-Based miRNA Assay Can Detect Pancreatic Cancer
Signature resulting from combining cell-free-miRNAs, exosomal-miRNAs distinguished patients with PDAC from healthy donors