Early Detection of Cancer
"Early Detection of Cancer" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Methods to identify and characterize cancer in the early stages of disease and predict tumor behavior.
| Descriptor ID |
D055088
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.390.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Cancer Screening Tests- Cancer Screening Tests
- Cancer Screening Test
- Screening Test, Cancer
- Screening Tests, Cancer
- Test, Cancer Screening
- Tests, Cancer Screening
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2011 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2012 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 2013 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2014 | 21 | 7 | 28 |
| 2015 | 14 | 11 | 25 |
| 2016 | 12 | 11 | 23 |
| 2017 | 15 | 13 | 28 |
| 2018 | 20 | 14 | 34 |
| 2019 | 15 | 12 | 27 |
| 2020 | 12 | 14 | 26 |
| 2021 | 13 | 21 | 34 |
| 2022 | 7 | 20 | 27 |
| 2023 | 7 | 22 | 29 |
| 2024 | 18 | 5 | 23 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Early Detection of Cancer" by people in Profiles.
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Upper GI polyposis and cancer in FAP: diagnosis, surveillance and treatment. Fam Cancer. 2025 May 26; 24(2):49.
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Update on Cancer Screening Recommendations for Individuals with Li-Fraumeni Syndrome. Clin Cancer Res. 2025 May 15; 31(10):1831-1840.
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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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A Comparison of Stockholm3, Serum Biomarkers, and Risk Calculators to Predict Prostate Cancer in a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Cohort: Evaluation of the Stockholm3 Multiethnic SEPTA Trial. J Urol. 2025 May; 213(5):590-599.
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Guideline-Concordant Surveillance After Treatment for High-Grade Cervical Dysplasia. Obstet Gynecol. 2025 May 01; 145(5):461-468.
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AI integrations with lung cancer screening: Considerations in developing AI in a public health setting. Eur J Cancer. 2025 May 02; 220:115345.
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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 Feb 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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Paradigm shift in early detection: Lung cancer screening to comprehensive CT screening. Eur J Cancer. 2025 Mar 11; 218:115264.