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221. Executive Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 259: Partial Breast Irradiation for Breast Cancer (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2023 - to draw conclusions regarding differences in IBR or other outcomes according to individual patient, tumor … is the leading cause of global cancer incidence and remains a leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide … , defined as a small tumor less than or equal to 3 cm that has minimal or no lymph node involvement … Global Cancer Statistics 2020: GLOBOCAN Estimates of Incidence and Mortality Worldwide for 36 Cancers … disease recurrences after breast conservation therapy based on location and histology: new primary tumors

222. Effect of delays in the 2-week-wait cancer referral pathway during the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer survival in the UK: a modelling study. | PSNet
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     October 21, 2020 - Effect of delays in the 2-week-wait cancer referral pathway during the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer survival … referrals on cancer survival. … proportion of patients with early-stage tumors progressing from having curable to incurable disease. … Effect of delays in the 2-week-wait cancer referral pathway during the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer survival … cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic.

223. Archived: Lung Cancer: Screening, May 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 15, 2004 - and also identifies a significantly higher proportion of small (early-stage, resectable) lung cancers … Data from the Mayo Lung Project showed increased rates of early tumors in the CXR/sputum cytology-screened … group compared with the control group, without a change in numbers of advanced tumors or subsequent … mortality rates, suggesting diagnosis of a pool of indolent tumors. 27 The false-positive rate with … American Cancer Society.

224. Protocol: Imaging for Pretreatment Staging of Small Cell Lung Cancer (pdf file)
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     December 08, 2014 - cell lung cancer (SCLC) comprises approximately 15% of all lung cancers.2 The five-year survival rate … Lung cancers are classified based on the size of the main tumor, whether it has locally invaded other … '/de OR cancer OR tumor* OR tumour* OR mass* OR neoplasm* AND (stage OR 'staging'/de OR staging OR class … OR tumor* OR tumour* OR mass* OR neoplasm*) AND (stage OR staging OR class*) Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov … [tiab] OR neoplasm[tiab] OR tumor*[tiab] OR tumour*[tiab]) AND (care[tiab] OR treatment[tiab] OR therapy

225. Data Points 16: Types of Prostate Radiation: Changes across time and geography in the use of prostate radiation technologies for newly diagnosed older cancer patients: 2006-2008 (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2012 - outcomes, especially in higher risk tumors, although evidence is lacking.5 In 2000, Medicare began … that proportion had increased to 82 percent.9 Prior examinations of the same database have shown tumor … Higher doses of CRT are associ- ated with lower tumor recurrence rates. … tumors where the indications for IMRT are not very strong (i.e., where the risk of adjacent organ … Monitoring IMRT use should be a priority for these other cancers as well as for groups of prostate

226. Prostate-Cancer-Risk-Assessment-Genes Executive (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - Background Prostate cancer is the fifth most common malignancy in the world,1 with a large variation … is indolent, and it is difficult to predict which tumors will be aggressive. … and no increase in the AUC of a model based on age, PSA, Gleason score, and tumor stage when SNPs … American Cancer Society. Cancer Facts & Figures 2010. … Two genome- wide association studies of aggressive prostate cancer implicate putative prostate tumor

227. Screening for Breast Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - Most of the additional cancer detected by these methods are inva- sive tumors rather than ductal carcinoma … Although adjunctive screening may de- tect more breast cancer, these cancers may fall into 1 of 3 categories … (that is, cancer with adverse histologic features, such as poorly differentiated tumors and triple-negative … , but the tumor does not go on to behave as expected based on its appearance. … the tumor stops progressing at an early invasive stage.

228. Accuracy of skin cancer diagnosis by physician assistants compared with dermatologists in a large health care system. | PSNet
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     August 04, 2021 - Study Emerging Classic Accuracy of skin cancer diagnosis … physician assistants working in dermatology clinics performed more biopsies and diagnosed fewer skin cancers … August 7, 2019 Diagnostic error in pediatric cancer. … January 17, 2018 Breast cancer screening in Denmark: a cohort study of tumor size and … November 18, 2013 Process of care failures in breast cancer diagnosis.

229. Most Common Diagnoses and Procedures in U.S. Community Hospitals, 1996
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     February 11, 2011 - Secondary malignancies [42] 18,812 25.44 0.05 … Cancer of bronchus, lung [19] 4,338 5.87 0.01 … Other and unspecified benign neoplasm [47] 10,024 14.20 0.03 … Secondary malignancies [42] 5,706 8.08 0.02 … Other and unspecified benign neoplasm [47] 17,603 25.12 0.05

230. Screening for Skin Cancer in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     July 26, 2016 - S kin cancer is among the most common cancers in men and women in the United States,1 and classified … as either non- melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) (ie, basal cell and squamous cell cancers) or melanoma skin … Although NMSC represents more than 97% of skin cancers,1 melanoma skin cancer is the pri- mary public … 1.01 to 2.00 mm, 4.69 (95% CI, 4.24-5.02) for tumors 2.01 to 4.00 mm, and 5.71 (95% CI, 5.10-6.39) for … tumors larger than 4.00 mm.

231. Breast Cancer | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2024 - Breast Cancer External validation of a commercial artificial intelligence … algorithm on a diverse population for detection of false negative breast cancers. … commercial artificial intelligence algorithm on a diverse population for detection of false negative breast cancers … Project Name Using Artificial Intelligence to Support Efficient Same-Day Diagnostic Imaging in Breast Cancer … Support Care Cancer. 2024 May 15;32(6):352. doi: 10.1007/s00520-024-08565-5. PMID: 38748294.

232. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     February 13, 2018 - volume >10 cm3; any solid area or papillary projection extending into the cavity of a cystic ovarian tumor … of any size; or any mixed (solid and cystic) component within a cystic ovarian tumor Notification of … Tumors of the peritoneum: epithelial tumors of Müllerian type. … WHO Classification of Tumors of Female Reproductive Organs. 4th ed. … of detected cancers: results of the prevalence screen of the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer

233. Head-Neck-Cancer-Update Espanol (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2016 - cerebral y el cáncer tiroideo no son tipos de cáncer de cabeza y cuello. 1 De acuerdo al National Cancer … información de este resumen proviene del informe actualizado Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer … 2010 titulado Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Radiation Therapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer … Atención Médica; AHRQ, por su sigla en inglés), visite www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/head-neck-cancer … Esta guía fue traducida de la publicación en inglés titulada Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer

234. Breast cancer screening and overdiagnosis. | PSNet
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     March 16, 2022 - Breast cancer screening and overdiagnosis. … Int J Cancer. 2021;149(4):846-853. doi:10.1002/ijc.33602. … Breast cancer screening and overdiagnosis. … Int J Cancer. 2021;149(4):846-853. doi:10.1002/ijc.33602. … March 8, 2023 Breast cancer screening in Denmark: a cohort study of tumor size and overdiagnosis

235. Archived: Aspirin/NSAIDs for Prevention of Colorectal Cancer: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 15, 2007 - More than 80% of colorectal cancers arise from adenomatous polyps. … represents the third most common cause of cancer and has the second highest mortality rate among cancers … of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs and other chemopreventors and risk of subsequent colorectal neoplasia … Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer (1973 through 1998), featuring cancers with recent … Low-dose aspirin and incidence of colorectal tumors in a randomized trial.

236. Screening for Skin Cancer: Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
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     February 15, 2001 - , or squamous cell skin cancer. … (“A,” “B,” “C,” “D”), or rapidly changing lesions are features associated with an increased risk of malignancy … from melanoma, but early de- tection and treatment may reduce morbidity and dis- figurement from these cancers … No studies were found that evaluated whether screening improves the out- comes of these cancers. … American Cancer Society. Melanoma: detection and symptoms.

237. Archived: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 15, 2012 - by PSA screening have a tumor that either will not progress or will progress so slowly that it would … On the basis of PSA level, Gleason score, and tumor stage, approximately 43% had low-risk tumors, 36% … had intermediate-risk tumors, and 21% had high-risk tumors. … The 10-year prostate cancer mortality rate for well- or moderately-differentiated tumors among men aged … The frequency of carcinoma and intraepithelial neoplasia of the prostate in young male patients.

238. Screening for Breast Cancer (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2016 - What is breast cancer? Breast cancer is cancer that occurs in the cells of the breast. … cancer. … Facts about Breast Cancer Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in women. … more difficult to “see” on a mammogram, which makes it harder to find and accurately identify breast cancers … Click Here to Learn More About Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Screening Breast Cancer (National

239. Archived: Breast Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - in women are cancers of the breast, the most common cancer diagnosed in women. 1 The annual incidence … compared to the total of screen-detected cancers plus interval cancers, but one may use a fixed interval … A recent analysis of data by tumor size, nodal status, and stage from the BCDDP, a U.S. screening project … patients in the two groups did not differ in number, size, or nodal status of their tumors. … , and varying biologic characteristics of breast tumors. 52 , 72 The Swedish overview, 40 HIP, 37

240. Screening for Skin Cancer: An Update of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2009 - The majority of skin cancer is nonmelanoma cancer, either basal cell cancer or squamous cell cancer. … The majority of skin cancer is nonmelanoma cancer, either basal cell cancer or squamous cell cancer … cell cancer (5). … We used the terms skin neoplasms, squamous cell neo­ plasms, basal cell neoplasms, melanoma, and mass … whole-body examination by primary care clinicians or by self-examination accurately detect skin cancers