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301. Benefits and Harms of Computed Tomography Lung Cancer Screening Programs for High Risk Populations (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2013 - compared with the stage-specific survival if the same tumor had been diagnosed clinically, later … curative treatment fails, the survival of the patient will equal the survival in the case in which the tumor … Model F estimates cure rates that depend on sex, tumor stage, and histology. … For detected cancers in Model U, time to death from lung cancer is based on survival models that define … Model S estimates the probability of lethal metastases as a function of tumor size, histology, and

302. Doing 'detective work' to find a cancer: how are non-specific symptom pathways for cancer investigation organised, and what are the implications for safety and quality of care? A multisite qualitative approach. | PSNet
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     April 05, 2023 - Commentary Doing 'detective work' to find a cancer: how are non-specific symptom … pathways for cancer investigation organised, and what are the implications for safety and quality of … Doing ‘detective work’ to find a cancer: how are non-specific symptom pathways for cancer investigation … Doing ‘detective work’ to find a cancer: how are non-specific symptom pathways for cancer investigation … September 8, 2021 What causes delays in diagnosing blood cancers?

303. Disposition of Comments for CER 167 Renal Masses (pdf file)
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     February 24, 2016 - and malignant disease (many studies included only tumors confirmed to be cancer). … tumors in the cohort. … applicability to clinical decision making and the vast majority of patients presenting with renal cortical neoplasms … The main point is that larger tumors are associated with malignancy, and that the OR of 1.3 gives a … who proceeds to surgery as patient or tumor characteristics (i.e. male sex, larger tumors) influence

304. The Lung Nodule That Refused To Grow | PSNet
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     March 01, 2004 - history of extrathoracic malignancy, and asbestos exposure. … nodules, a consensus is emerging that follow-up longer than 2 years is required to exclude slowly growing cancers … For sub-solid nodules, which often represent low-grade cancers, the optimal frequency and duration of … Variations in lung cancer risk among smokers. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2003;95:470-478. … , metastatic cancer, pulmonary carcinoid tumor Infectious Coccidiomycosis, blastomycosis, histoplasmosis

305. Archived: Modeling Report: Lung Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 30, 2013 - compared with the stage-specific survival if the same tumor had been diagnosed clinically, later in … curative treatment fails, the survival of the patient will equal the survival in the case in which the tumor … Model F estimates cure rates that depend on sex, tumor stage, and histology. … For detected cancers in Model U, time to death from lung cancer is based on survival models that define … Model S estimates the probability of lethal metastases as a function of tumor size, histology, and sex

306. Modeling Study: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 21, 2018 - describe underlying disease status, including HPV infection, precancer (ie, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia … Human papillomavirus genotype–specific prevalence across the continuum of cervical neoplasia and cancer … Saraiya M, Unger ER, Thompson TD, et al; HPV Typing of Cancers Workgroup. … US assessment of HPV types in cancers: implications for current and 9-valent HPV vaccines. … cancers).

307. Cancer | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2024 - Cancer Workflow analysis of breast cancer treatment decision-making: … Challenges and opportunities for informatics to support patient-centered cancer care. … Workflow analysis of breast cancer treatment decision-making: Challenges and opportunities for informatics … to support patient-centered cancer care. … Patient perspectives on a patient-facing tool for lung cancer screening.

308. Diagnostic Stewardship in Action | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2024 - For instance, Seegmiller, et al., described a DMT for hematologic malignancies that developed several … the adequacy of biopsy specimens, confirm the diagnosis before a surgical procedure, and stage new malignancies … also provide important diagnostic information as participants in multidisciplinary conferences, or tumor … A workshop hosted by the National Cancer Policy Forum yielded several suggested solutions, including … For example, a liquid biopsy ordered in patients with solid tumors may reveal incidental germline mutations

309. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2006 - Layout 1 Background Breast cancer is the second most common malignancy in women. … If a noninvasive diagnostic test were available that could accurately exclude malignancy, many women … , each would miss some cancers. … PET scan, about 924 women would have avoided an unnecessary biopsy, but 76 women would have missed cancers … negative US, about 950 women would have avoided an unnecessary biopsy, but 50 women would have missed cancers

310. Final Research Plan: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 17, 2022 - Share to Email Print in progress Final Research Plan Cervical Cancer … What are the comparative harms of different cervical cancer screening strategies (i.e., test, mode of … or morbidity/mortality from cervical cancer (e.g., by race and ethnicity, income/socioeconomic status … (squamous cell carcinoma or adenocarcinoma) Mortality (all-cause or cervical cancer) Quality of … Abbreviations: CIN2+=cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2; CIN3+=cervical intraepithelial neoplasia

311. Using Electronic Data to Improve Care of Patients with Known or Suspected Cancer - Final Report (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - use of health information technology (HIT) to identify patients with delays in diagnosis of certain cancers … Secondary outcomes included the subsequent diagnosis of nonmalignant neoplasia, pre-cancerous lesions … : evidence for common cancers. … Koyi H, Hillerdal G, Branden E: Patient's and doctors' delays in the diagnosis of chest tumors. … triggers to automatically identify patients at risk for diagnostic delays in prostate and colorectal cancers

312. Disposition of Comments for CER 153 Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer (pdf file)
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     October 27, 2015 - nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer. … On one end of the spectrum are patients with low grade noninvasive tumors that rarely develop tumors … implies that cystoscopy is the gold standard for the identification and surveillance of urothelial malignancies … related to the pre-test probability of a urothelial malignancy as AHRQ has done for the progression … How often will a subsequent work up in the setting of persistent hematuria reveal a urothelial malignancy

313. CAHPS Cancer Care Supplemental Items (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - ] team clearly explain how your cancer and [CANCER TREATMENT MODALITY] could affect your normal daily … Since your cancer was diagnosed, did a doctor or other health care professional at this cancer center … Since your cancer was diagnosed, did a doctor or other health care professional at this cancer center … Since your cancer was diagnosed, did a doctor or other health care professional at this cancer center … Since your cancer was diagnosed, did a doctor or other health care professional at this cancer center

314. CAHPS Cancer Care Supplemental Items (doc file)
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     June 02, 2025 - CAHPS Cancer Care Supplemental Items CAHPS® Cancer Care Survey Supplemental Items: Shared Decision … Since your cancer was diagnosed, did a doctor or other health care professional at this cancer center … Since your cancer was diagnosed, did a doctor or other health care professional at this cancer center … Since your cancer was diagnosed, did a doctor or other health care professional at this cancer center … Since your cancer was diagnosed, did a doctor or other health care professional at this cancer center

315. CAHPS Cancer Care Supplemental Items (doc file)
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     June 02, 2025 - CAHPS Cancer Care Supplemental Items CAHPS® Cancer Care Survey Supplemental Items: Information from … These supplemental items can be inserted into any of the three versions of the Cancer Care Survey. … Since it was decided that you would have [CANCER TREATMENT MODALITY], did your [CANCER TREATMENT MODALITY … ] team clearly explain how your cancer and [CANCER TREATMENT MODALITY] could affect your normal daily … [CANCER TREATMENT MODALITY] would be?

316. CAHPS Cancer Care Supplemental Items (doc file)
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     June 02, 2025 - CAHPS Cancer Care Supplemental Items CAHPS® Cancer Care Survey Supplemental Items: Access Population … : Adult Supplemental Items for the CAHPS® Cancer Care Survey Topic: Access Population Version: … Adult Language: English Users of the CAHPS® Cancer Care Survey are free to incorporate supplemental … These supplemental items can be inserted into any of the three versions of the Cancer Care Survey. … TREATMENT MODALITY] with the appropriate term: radiation therapy, drug therapy, or cancer surgery.

317. Overuse of Imaging: Policy for ALARA Specific to Imaging Children (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2019 - Despite a 6 malignancy rate of less than 1 percent, such cancers are the second leading … are unnecessary, and that eliminating them could potentially reduce the number of CT-attributable cancers … reducing unnecessary scans — could potentially prevent 62 percent of the projected radiation-related cancers … References American Cancer Society. Cancer Facts & Figures 2014. … MP, et al., Radiation exposure from CT scans in childhood and subsequent risk of leukemia and brain tumors

318. Technical Brief Disposition of Comments Report for Gene Expression Profiling for Predicting Outcomes in Stage II Colon Cancer (pdf file)
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     December 14, 2012 - Given what we know about traditional markers, particularly tumor grade, it is almost certain that patients … Response is generally reserved for metastatic disease where actual tumor measurements are possible. … #5 KI Background P 2 . . . patients with MSI-H tumors are excluded. Add the word tumors. … Public Agendia Background P.3 Tumor Heterogeneity (comment) Please note that the impact of tumor heterogeneity … issue of ASCO Post published a brief summary of data from this study that were presented at ASCO's GI Cancers

319. Development and Implementation of the REmote Telehealth User-Reported caNcer Surveillance (RETURNS) Program for Lung Cancer | Digital Healthcare Research
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     September 30, 2023 - Development and Implementation of the REmote Telehealth User-Reported caNcer Surveillance (RETURNS) Program … for Lung Cancer Project Description The ability to remotely … cancer. … (RETURNS) to enable remote lung cancer surveillance care via telehealth. … In the future, such an approach could be adapted to surveillance of other cancers to broaden the availability

320. Evidence Summary: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 21, 2018 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Invasive cervical cancer; cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN); false-positive … Natural history of cervical neoplasia and risk of invasive cancer in women with cervical intraepithelial … Human papillomavirus testing for the detection of high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cancer … Socioeconomic, rural-urban, and racial inequalities in US cancer mortality: part I—all cancers and lung … cancer and part II—colorectal, prostate, breast, and cervical cancers.