Journal
SEMINARS IN ONCOLOGY NURSING
Volume 33, Issue 2, Pages 121-128Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.soncn.2017.02.002
Keywords
cancer screening; sensitivity; specificity; screening recommendations; decision-making; early detection
Funding
- Intramural NIH HHS [Z99 CA999999] Funding Source: Medline
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OBJECTIVE: To review the trends in and principles of cancer screening and early detection. DATA SOURCES: Journal articles, United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) publications, professional organization position statements, and evidence-based summaries. CONCLUSION: Cancer screening has contributed to decreasing the morbidity and mortality of cancer. Efforts to improve the selection of candidates for cancer screening, to understand the biological basis of carcinogenesis, and the development of new technologies for cancer screening will allow for improvements in cancer screening over time.
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