Mail-based screening programs are helping more Americans stay up to date with colorectal cancer tests—often with a simple box ...

Of the 214 patients, 11% had a positive delirium screening test, and 2.3% had indeterminate delirium screening results. This ...

Busy schedules, uncertainty and anxiety can keep patients from completing cervical cancer screening. At Bayne-Jones Army ...

Fewer than 1 in 5 eligible adults get lung cancer screening. Experts told MHE over email that health plans can help by easing cost, coverage and approval barriers. Health plans could raise low lung ...

Significant performance improvement seen across all subtypes of advanced precancerous lesions, which are important to detect for potential colorectal cancer prevention – – Overall detection of ...

There is a tremendous public health need to identify potentially lethal cancers at earlier stages, when there is a greater chance for improved survival. Although in the US there are currently ...

A screening test can determine if a person has an infection with hepatitis B. It involves a blood test that detects antigens and antibodies for hepatitis B virus (HBV). Hepatitis B, or hep B, is a ...

A new FDA decision and a jump in gene-panel technology are quietly changing what an old “all-clear” really means.

As family physicians, we often face difficult decisions about ordering tests for the early diagnosis or prevention of disease in healthy-appearing persons. It is hard to convince many patients to ...

LR+ = positive likelihood ratio; LR– = negative likelihood ratio; PSA = prostate-specific antigen; PSE = EpiSwitch prostate screening. *—Binary PSA is defined as a simple test using a fixed cutoff ...

Broad access to testing is one of the most powerful tools to keep the COVID-19 pandemic under control until there’s an effective vaccine in use. Diagnostic testing, which is used in medical settings ...