 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 | 5 | 7 | 12 | | 2012 | 6 | 9 | 15 | | 2013 | 11 | 6 | 17 | | 2014 | 15 | 9 | 24 | | 2015 | 12 | 4 | 16 | | 2016 | 10 | 10 | 20 | | 2017 | 12 | 7 | 19 | | 2018 | 20 | 6 | 26 | | 2019 | 9 | 6 | 15 | | 2020 | 14 | 10 | 24 | | 2021 | 15 | 16 | 31 | | 2022 | 6 | 19 | 25 | | 2023 | 9 | 17 | 26 | | 2024 | 18 | 6 | 24 | | 2025 | 37 | 2 | 39 | | 2026 | 14 | 1 | 15 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Early Detection of Cancer" by people in Profiles.
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Gohil S, Omar M, Carnes ML, Karlitz JJ, Usry N, Idriss R, Greene M. Adherence to multi-target stool DNA colorectal cancer screening among Medicare patients in Alabama. Curr Med Res Opin. 2026 May; 42(5):941-951.
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Greene M, Stieber B, Ozbay AB, Anderson J, LeMaster J, Dore M, Stukalin I, Arroyo J, Ebner DW, Fendrick AM, Karlitz JJ. Multitarget Stool DNA Versus Fecal Immunochemical Testing: A National Assessment of Follow-Up Colonoscopy by Race and Ethnicity. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2026 Jul; 24(7).
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Fitzpatrick V, Noah A, Rivelli A, Johnson R, Zak M, Espinosa J, Chicoine B. Cancer Prevalence Among Large Cohort of Individuals With Down Syndrome: Implications for Screening Guidelines. Cancer Med. 2026 Jun; 15(6):e72007.
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McNicholas C, Memmel L, Kaplan C, Hwang Y, Crane L, Orso R, Harshberger K, Parker RL, Collins A, Conageski C, Sheth S, Kuroki L, Coleman J, Sutton E, Jennings A, Aviki E, Fitzpatrick M, Hibler K, Ripkin A, Mukherjee M. Addressing Cervical Cancer Screening Disparities: At-Home Self-Collection Among LGBQ+ Populations. Cancer Control. 2026 Jan-Dec; 33:10732748261448263.
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Gohil S, Omar M, Karlitz J, Young P, Greene M. Multi-target stool DNA test adherence among individuals screened for colorectal cancer through the US Defense Health Agency. Curr Med Res Opin. 2026 Feb; 42(2):195-203.
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Liang R, Juarez-Colunga E, Perraillon MC. Leveraging Population-Level and Multipayer Claims Data to Estimate Changes in Prostate Cancer Screening at the Small-Area Level. JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2026 Apr; 10(2):e2500154.
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Brin M, Caraballo PB, Ramirez SO, Guzman L, Castro YE, Kuhn L, Halpern M, Wright JD, Scherr TF, Stonbraker S, Schnall R. Evaluation of a patient educational brochure to increase knowledge of cervical cancer screening among women living with HIV in La Romana. BMC Public Health. 2026 Mar 28; 26(1).
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Greene M, Camardo M, Karlitz JJ, Nowd P, Wang W, Anderson J, Kisiel J, Ebner D. Real-world adherence to multi-target stool DNA testing and its association with time to follow-up colonoscopy: a health-system analysis from Massachusetts General Hospital. Curr Med Res Opin. 2026 Feb; 42(2):205-219.
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Swanton C, Bryce A, Cohn AL, Margolis M, Hubbell E, Sagan A, Venn O, Seiden M. Prognostic Significance of Blood-Based Multicancer Detection in Circulating Tumor DNA: Five-Year Outcomes Analysis. JCO Precis Oncol. 2026 Mar; 10(3):e2500725.
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Parmet T, Yoder G, McCaffery K, Hersch J, Schapira MM, Lewis CL, Cappella JN, Tate C, Morse B, Scherer LD. Women's screening preferences shift after being informed about the 2024 USPSTF breast cancer screening guideline. Patient Educ Couns. 2026 Jul; 148:109581.
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