"Mass Screening" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Organized periodic procedures performed on large groups of people for the purpose of detecting disease.
| Descriptor ID |
D008403
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.500 E05.318.308.980.438.580 N02.421.726.233.443 N05.715.360.300.800.438.500 N06.850.520.308.980.438.580 N06.850.780.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Mass Screening- Mass Screening
- Mass Screenings
- Screening, Mass
- Screenings, Mass
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Mass Screening" by people in this website by year, and whether "Mass Screening" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 1999 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2000 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2001 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2002 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2003 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 2004 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2005 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| 2006 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2007 | 9 | 12 | 21 |
| 2008 | 13 | 13 | 26 |
| 2009 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 2010 | 9 | 10 | 19 |
| 2011 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 2012 | 8 | 11 | 19 |
| 2013 | 20 | 8 | 28 |
| 2014 | 13 | 8 | 21 |
| 2015 | 13 | 17 | 30 |
| 2016 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| 2017 | 9 | 16 | 25 |
| 2018 | 11 | 15 | 26 |
| 2019 | 18 | 15 | 33 |
| 2020 | 11 | 15 | 26 |
| 2021 | 10 | 25 | 35 |
| 2022 | 2 | 25 | 27 |
| 2023 | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| 2024 | 7 | 15 | 22 |
| 2025 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mass Screening" by people in Profiles.
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Gaps in care across the cancer screening continuum for cervical, colorectal, and lung cancers. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2025 Dec 01; 117(12):2556-2570.
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Comparing validated stroke screening scales for identifying large and medium vessel occlusions: a prospective observational cohort study. J Neurointerv Surg. 2025 Nov 18; 17(12):1320-1324.
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Protocol for a randomized controlled trial of patient-portal-based screening for substance use among people with HIV. Front Public Health. 2025; 13:1583546.
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Stress-Testing US Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines: Decennial Colonoscopy from Age 45 is Robust to Natural History Uncertainty and Colonoscopy Sensitivity Assumptions. Med Decis Making. 2025 Jul; 45(5):557-568.
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Performance of an Electronic Universal Mental Health Screening Tool in Pediatric Emergency Departments. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2025 Sep 01; 41(9):695-701.
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Evaluating Clinical Decision Supports to Improve Adolescent Depression Screening and Management in Pediatric Primary Care. Acad Pediatr. 2025 08; 25(6):102839.
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Action plan for an international imaging framework for implementation of global low-dose CT screening for lung cancer. Eur J Cancer. 2025 May 02; 220:115323.
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Socioeconomic and Geographic Differences in Mammography Trends Following the 2009 USPSTF Policy Update. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 02 03; 8(2):e2458141.
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Benefits and harms of hepatocellular carcinoma screening outreach in patients with cirrhosis: a multicenter randomized clinical trial. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2025 Feb 01; 117(2):262-269.
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Screening for Spondyloarthritis in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease - SPARTAN 2024 Annual Meeting Proceedings. Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2025 Feb 01; 27(1):17.