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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| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2012 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 2013 | 14 | 5 | 19 |
| 2014 | 23 | 8 | 31 |
| 2015 | 20 | 8 | 28 |
| 2016 | 25 | 12 | 37 |
| 2017 | 28 | 7 | 35 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1 | 15 |
| 2019 | 16 | 8 | 24 |
| 2020 | 17 | 15 | 32 |
| 2021 | 9 | 10 | 19 |
| 2022 | 12 | 18 | 30 |
| 2023 | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| 2024 | 13 | 5 | 18 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 14 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Early Detection of Cancer" by people in Profiles.
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Pretransplant screening and lower incidence of breast and prostate cancers among organ transplant recipients in the United States. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2025 Sep 01; 9(5).
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Integrating breast cancer polygenic risk scores at scale in the WISDOM Study: a national randomized personalized screening trial. Genome Med. 2025 Aug 28; 17(1):97.
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Community-clinic partnership to address social needs and improve colorectal cancer screening outcomes: The PRIME stepped-wedge study. Contemp Clin Trials. 2025 Oct; 157:108051.
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Positive predictive value of cervical cancer screening results recommended for colposcopy by human papillomavirus vaccination status at 3 U.S. healthcare systems. Cancer Causes Control. 2025 Nov; 36(11):1549-1561.
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Patient Navigation Services for Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening and Follow-Up: A Meta-Analysis. JAMA Intern Med. 2025 Aug 01; 185(8):976-985.
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Recommendations From the Women's Preventive Services Initiative on Breast Cancer Screening for Women at Average Risk and Patient Navigation Services for Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening. Obstet Gynecol. 2025 Jul 17; 146(3):315-322.
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Components Necessary for High-Quality Lung Cancer Screening: A 10-Year Update. Chest. 2025 Nov; 168(5):1257-1270.
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Baseline Characteristics of Participants and Pulmonary Nodules in the Watch the Spot Trial: A Pragmatic Trial of Less versus More Intensive Strategies for Active Surveillance of Patients With Small Pulmonary Nodules. Clin Lung Cancer. 2025 Sep; 26(6):e472-e482.e1.
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A pragmatic randomized trial to compare strategies for implementing?primary HPV testing for routine cervical cancer screening in a large?healthcare system. Implement Sci. 2025 May 12; 20(1):21.
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Mailed Outreach and Patient Navigation for Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Rural Medicaid Enrollees: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Mar 03; 8(3):e250928.