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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Early Detection of Cancer" by people in this website by year, and whether "Early Detection of Cancer" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2011 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| 2012 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2013 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2014 | 6 | 13 | 19 |
| 2015 | 13 | 14 | 27 |
| 2016 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2017 | 10 | 14 | 24 |
| 2018 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 2019 | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| 2020 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2021 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| 2022 | 4 | 15 | 19 |
| 2023 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 2024 | 15 | 4 | 19 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Early Detection of Cancer" by people in Profiles.
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A Novel Sensitivity Maximization at a Given Specificity Method for Binary Classifications. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2025 Mar 03; 18(3):117-123.
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Smoking Cessation Interventions in the Lung Cancer Screening Setting: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2025 Mar 01; 185(3):284-291.
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Use and de-implementation of fecal occult blood tests in the acute care setting: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Qual Health Care. 2025 Feb 15; 37(1).
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Update on Cancer Screening in Children with Syndromes of Bone Lesions, Hereditary Leiomyomatosis and Renal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome, and Other Rare Syndromes. Clin Cancer Res. 2025 Feb 03; 31(3):457-465.
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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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Examining Lung Cancer Screening Uptake in the United States: Recent Research and Limitations of Public-Use Data. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2025 Jan 09; 34(1):9-11.
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Lead time trajectory of blood-based protein biomarkers for detection of pancreatic cancer based on repeat testing. Cancer Lett. 2025 Mar 01; 612:217450.
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Occult metastases and survival of lung cancer by clinical diagnosis and CT screening: A simulation study. PLoS One. 2025; 20(1):e0313544.
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Utility of colposcopy for the screening and management of cervical cancer in Africa: a cross-sectional analysis of providers' training and practices. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Dec 18; 24(1):1619.
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Interval Advanced Adenomas and Neoplasia in Patients with Negative Colonoscopy Following Positive Stool-Based Colorectal Cancer Screening Test. Dig Dis Sci. 2025 Jan; 70(1):350-359.