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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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2017 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2018 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2019 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2021 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Early Detection of Cancer" by people in Profiles.
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Predictors and latent class associations with lung cancer screening intentions. BMC Prim Care. 2026 Jan 10; 27(1).
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Significance and Implications of Prostate Cancer: Critical Overview for Future Directions in Africa. Cancer Invest. 2026 Mar; 44(3):328-349.
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Association Between Regional Competition and Cancer Screening Rates at Federally Qualified Health Centers. J Ambul Care Manage. 2026 Jan-Mar 01; 49(1):E40-E48.
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Multilevel challenges and adaptations to patient navigation programs for colorectal cancer screening and follow-up: Findings from the Accelerating Colorectal Cancer Screening and follow-up through Implementation Science consortium. Cancer. 2025 Oct 15; 131(20):e70121.
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Co-Development, Evaluation, and Dissemination of a Lung Cancer Screening Digital Outreach Intervention: A Multiphase Randomized Clinical Trial. J Am Coll Radiol. 2025 Sep; 22(9):1008-1018.
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General practice chest X-ray rate is associated with earlier lung cancer diagnosis and reduced all-cause mortality: a retrospective observational study. Br J Gen Pract. 2025 May; 75(754):e323-e332.
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Integrating Tobacco Treatment Into Lung Cancer Screening: The Screen Assist Factorial Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2025 May 01; 185(5):531-539.
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A pilot randomized clinical trial of a smartphone-based application to support at-home PSA screening and culturally tailored prostate cancer education for African American men: A study protocol. Contemp Clin Trials. 2024 Dec; 147:107737.
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Pediatric Cancer Screening in Hereditary Gastrointestinal Cancer Risk Syndromes: An Update from the AACR Childhood Cancer Predisposition Working Group. Clin Cancer Res. 2024 Oct 15; 30(20):4566-4571.
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Blood-based multi-cancer detection: A state-of-the-art update. Curr Probl Cancer. 2024 02; 48:101059.