30-year smoking duration-based criteria could increase lung cancer screening

Thirty-year smoking duration-based criteria could reduce eligibility gaps for all races relative to whites, while improving ...
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Breast Cancer Test Using Proteomic Profiling and AI Demonstrates High Performance

The blood-based test by Astrin Biosciences shows high sensitivity and specificity across cancer stages and subtypes, ...
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The sensitivity and specificity of screening mammography in primary care setting in Saudi Arabia.

Outcomes of HER2-positive nonmetastatic breast cancer patients with or without deleterious BRCA mutations after trastuzumab treatment. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2013 ASCO Annual ...
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Revised criteria may ‘substantially reduce racial disparities’ in lung cancer screening

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An alternative LCS criteria had higher sensitivity and specificity vs. the USPSTF’s current criteria. The ...
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Duration-based lung cancer screening may reduce racial disparities in eligibility

In this prospective cohort study, duration-based criteria reduced racial disparities in lung cancer screening eligibility, increasing access for minority groups compared with current US guidelines. 2.
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A blood test to detect breast cancer is in the works

The blood test also had a sensitivity and specificity of 92.3% and 92.6% for participants who do not have breast cancer. The results were consistent for women with dense breast tissue and non-dense ...
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Lab-Based Tool Identifies Febrile Infants With Invasive Bacterial Infections

The tool's positive predictive value for invasive bacterial infections was 6.9% (95% CI 4.8%-9.9%). Its negative predictive value (NPV) reached 99.4% (95% CI 98.1%-99.8%), translating to a 0.6% chance ...