Tag: Screening

Risk for advanced neoplasia cut by more than 50 percent with three or four negative fecal immunochemical tests

Only 25.0 percent of patients who were identified self-reported having been diagnosed with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes

Decrease seen in number of collisions as drivers and increase in injuries seen as pedestrians and cyclists following policy amendment

Current evidence is inadequate for assessing the balance of benefits and harms of screening in a pediatric population

Improved outcomes seen at two years for those with newborn screening coupled with access to disease-modifying therapies

Good accuracy seen for population and at-risk contexts in exploratory analyses of predictive validity for ASD versus other diagnoses

Caution is advised about using expired tests

Providers who order several tests are more likely to order low-value prostate cancer screening

Vast majority of cancers diagnosed due to symptoms or other medical care

Implementation of on-site guideline-based genetic testing for prostate cancer patients increased compliance from 33.3 to 98.7 percent