 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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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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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2009 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2010 | 5 | 6 | 11 | | 2011 | 6 | 7 | 13 | | 2012 | 6 | 9 | 15 | | 2013 | 11 | 6 | 17 | | 2014 | 16 | 10 | 26 | | 2015 | 13 | 6 | 19 | | 2016 | 10 | 11 | 21 | | 2017 | 13 | 7 | 20 | | 2018 | 22 | 8 | 30 | | 2019 | 10 | 6 | 16 | | 2020 | 18 | 11 | 29 | | 2021 | 16 | 16 | 32 | | 2022 | 7 | 21 | 28 | | 2023 | 9 | 18 | 27 | | 2024 | 18 | 6 | 24 | | 2025 | 37 | 2 | 39 | | 2026 | 24 | 10 | 34 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Early Detection of Cancer" by people in Profiles.
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Janardan SK, Devine A, Grieve LM, Seibel E, Villani A, Porter CC, Diller LR, Gramatges MM, Constine LS, Landier W, Bhatia S, Hudson MM, Ehrhardt MJ, Friedman DN, Turcotte LM, Nichols KE. Development of the Children's Oncology Group long-term follow-up guideline for cancer genetics evaluation in childhood cancer survivors. Lancet Oncol. 2026 Nov; 27(11):e548-e556.
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Patel SG, Nagtegaal ID, Kupfer SS. Diagnostic yield and clinical utilitY of strategies for identifying Lynch syndrome in those with colorectal neoplasia. Fam Cancer. 2026 Oct 27; 25(4).
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Dore M, Ebner DW, Fendrick AM, Estes C, Aranda G, Coleman A, Vahdat V, Karlitz JJ, Rua T, van Hees F, Limburg PJ. Estimated cost, resource use, and health benefits of an increased use of next-generation multi-target stool DNA test for colorectal cancer screening from an integrated delivery network perspective. J Med Econ. 2026 Dec; 29(1):2228-2240.
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Benson AB, D'Angelica MI, Ahmed A, Akce M, Anaya DA, Anders R, Are C, Aye L, Bachini M, Baker M, Binder D, Burgoyne A, Castellanos J, Chokshi S, Cleary J, Cloyd J, Cullinan D, Dendy Case M, Franses J, Goyal L, Harris W, Jennings L, Kelley RK, Khan S, Krishnan M, Levine M, Melstrom L, Palta M, Raman S, Ronnekleiv-Kelly S, Sahai V, Stephans K, Thanikachalam K, Turk A, Vauthey JN, Venook AP, Wo J, Yano M, Yopp A, Zhao K, Schonfeld R, Stein M, Hochstetler C. NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Version 2.2026. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2026 Oct; 24(10).
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Scherer LD, Parmet T, Schapira MM, Cappella JN, Hersch J, McCaffery K, Lewis CL, Tate CE, Morse B. Women in their 40s responding to the 2024 United States Preventive Services Task Force mammography guideline update: a focus group study. BMJ Open. 2026 Sep 28; 16(9):e117793.
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Nabavizadeh N, McDonnell C, Kurbegov D, Matrana M, Gadgeel S, Kim RH, Stipec G, Oeffinger KC, Demeure MJ, Lillard JW, Kaltman R, Tran J, Roth A, Tahhan S, Poklepovic A, Richards D, Lopatin M, Marquez C, McCusker M, Giridhar KV. Performance and safety of a multi-cancer early detection test: the PATHFINDER 2 study. Nat Med. 2026 Oct; 32(10):3760-3769.
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Leon Morilla DM, Gohil S, Wan D, Omar M, Freedberg DE, Sham J, Lebwohl B, Karlitz JJ, Greene M. Colorectal cancer screening with multitarget-stool DNA testing: real-world adherence and follow-up colonoscopy in a large urban academic health system. Curr Med Res Opin. 2026 Aug; 42(8):1545-1560.
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Miller CA, Kumar AM, Mendoza JA, Barsell JD, Diala OR, Glasgow TE, Dahman B, Bradley C, Resnicow K, Leader A, Briant KJ, Poynter JN, Winn RA, Fuemmeler BF. Cancer prevention in context: interplay of perceived discrimination, neighborhood deprivation, and cancer-related risk and protective factors. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2026 Sep 01; 118(9):1715-1723.
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Del Vecchio NJ, Doria-Rose VP, Todd KW, Rendle KA, Chubak J, Halm EA, Alonge OD, Issaka RB, Neslund-Dudas C, Honda S, Ziebell RA, Li CI, Zheng Y, Hughes AE, Ritzwoller DP, Corley DA. Impacts of a Public Health Emergency on Cancer Testing Rates, Follow-up, and Cancer Diagnosis: An Evaluation of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2026 Sep 01; 35(9):1527-1534.
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Sullivan DC, McNitt-Gray M, Aberle DR, Avila RS, Armato SG, Bergstrom PM, Chong M, Cody DD, Coombs LP, Frank RA, Gillies RJ, Goldin JG, Kalpathy-Cramer J, Kinahan PE, Schabath MB, Smith RA, Yankelevitz DF, Kazerooni EA. The American Cancer Society National Lung Cancer Roundtable strategic plan: Opportunities in advanced imaging across the lung cancer care continuum. Cancer. 2026 Aug 15; 132(16):e70516.
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