Tag: Screening

Darker skin types underrepresented among publicly available skin image datasets used to inform skin cancer diagnosis

Among participants in a biobank found to be carrying pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants, 76.3 percent unaware of these research results

35 reports of false-positive results sent to the FDA, but no deaths have been reported

Screening efforts should be focused on populations at high risk based on age of housing, sociodemographic risk factors

Surveillance for siblings of newborns with pathogenic variants in cancer genes could reduce rare child cancer deaths

Current evidence is insufficient for assessing the balance of benefits and harms of screening adults without signs or symptoms of glaucoma

Current evidence is insufficient for assessing the balance of benefits and harms of screening asymptomatic ≥65s in primary care setting

Tests will be be particularly useful during flu season because the tests can help distinguish between the flu and COVID-19

Use of fecal occult blood test up during pandemic; more than half of respondents willing to do at-home FOBT in lieu of colonoscopy

Distribution of Lung-RADS results did not differ for lung cancer screenings with telemedicine versus in-person visit