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,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Early Detection of Cancer" by people in Profiles.
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Economic evaluation of thermal ablation compared to cryotherapy and loop diathermy in a screen-and-treat approach to cervical cancer, Zambia. Bull World Health Organ. 2025 Sep 01; 103(9):530-540.
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A portable thermal ablation device for cervical cancer prevention in a screen-and-treat setting: a randomized, noninferiority trial. Nat Med. 2024 Sep; 30(9):2596-2604.
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Internal validation of Automated Visual Evaluation (AVE) on smartphone images for cervical cancer screening in a prospective study in Zambia. Cancer Med. 2024 Jun; 13(11):e7355.
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Prostate Cancer Foundation Screening Guidelines for Black Men in the United States. NEJM Evid. 2024 May; 3(5):EVIDoa2300289.
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Barriers to uptake of cervical cancer screening services in low-and-middle-income countries: a systematic review. BMC Womens Health. 2022 12 02; 22(1):486.
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The Ability to Look: Management of Breast Disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Using Smart Ultrasound Technology. J Am Coll Surg. 2021 04; 232(4):636-640.
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Clinicopathologic characteristics and outcomes of endometrial Cancer patients with mismatch repair deficiency in the era of universal Lynch syndrome screening. Gynecol Oncol. 2020 12; 159(3):712-720.
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Blood test shows high accuracy in detecting stage I non-small cell lung cancer. BMC Cancer. 2020 Feb 21; 20(1):137.
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Thermal ablation versus cryotherapy or loop excision to treat women positive for cervical precancer on visual inspection with acetic acid test: pilot phase of a randomised controlled trial. Lancet Oncol. 2020 01; 21(1):175-184.
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Diagnosis of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer for Early Stage Asymptomatic Patients. Cancer Genomics Proteomics. 2019 Jul-Aug; 16(4):229-244.