Cancer screening

J Epidemiol Community Health. 2002 Dec;56(12):899-902. doi: 10.1136/jech.56.12.899.

Abstract

"Screening is the systematic application of a test or inquiry, to identify individuals at sufficient risk of a specific disorder to benefit from further investigation or direct preventive action, among persons who have not sought medical attention on account of symptoms of that disorder."

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Attitude to Health
  • Diagnostic Errors
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mass Screening*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Risk Assessment
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Terminology as Topic*