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Overdiagnosis has also been identified in chest x-ray screening for lung cancer. [14] Long-term follow-up of the Mayo Clinic randomized trial of screening with chest x-rays and sputum cytology found a persistent excess of 46 lung cancer cases in the screened group 13 years after the trial was completed, [ 15 ] suggesting that 20–40% of lung ...
Medical diagnosis (abbreviated Dx, [1] D x, or D s) is the process of determining which disease or condition explains a person's symptoms and signs. It is most often referred to as a diagnosis with the medical context being implicit.
Description: The Heart Protection Study is a large randomized controlled trial by the Medical Research Council (MRC) in the United Kingdom. It studies the use of statin ( simvastatin 40 mg) medication and vitamin supplementation ( vitamin E , vitamin C and beta carotene ) in patients that are at risk for cardiovascular disease .
Research papers from more than 55 disciplines Free & Subscription No Elsevier: HAL: Multidisciplinary: 760,000 (2,000,000 metadata) [14] An open-access database for French researchers. Organized into institution and domain portals. Free Yes CNRS's Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe (CCSD) RePEc: Research Papers in Economics [15 ...
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Overdiagnosis occurs when all of these people with harmless abnormalities are counted as "lives saved" by the screening, rather than as "healthy people needlessly harmed by overdiagnosis". So it might lead to an endless cycle: the greater the overdiagnosis, the more people will think screening is more effective than it is, which can reinforce ...
Overscreening, also called unnecessary screening, is the performance of medical screening without a medical indication to do so. Screening is a medical test in a healthy person who is showing no symptoms of a disease and is intended to detect a disease so that a person may prepare to respond to it. Screening is indicated in people who have some ...
Medical Care Research and Review is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of health care. The editor-in-chief is Thomas D'Aunno (Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health). It was established in 1944 and is currently published by SAGE Publishing.