Low-dose chest CT screening for lung cancer has become a standard of care in the United States, in large part because of the results of the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST). Additional evidence supporting the net benefit of low-dose chest CT screening for lung cancer, and increased experience in mini...
Cervical cancer is a leading cause of mortality among women. In 2020, an estimated 604 000 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer worldwide and about 342 000 women died from the disease. Cervical cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in 23 countries and is the leading cause of cancer death in 3...
El cáncer de cuello uterino o cáncer de cérvix es el cuarto cáncer más común en mujeres(1, 2). El
impacto del cáncer de cuello uterino en el Perú es importante: el 14.9% de todos los casos de
cáncer notificados en el periodo 2006-2011, correspondía al cáncer de cuello uterino y los
departament...
This guideline covers care for people with a family history of breast, ovarian or another related (prostate or pancreatic) cancer. It aims to improve the long-term health of these families by describing strategies to reduce the risk of and promote early detection of breast cancer (including genetic testi...
Breast cancer is the most common cancer type in women and the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States (1). The goal of screening is to reduce morbidity and mortality, both specific to breast cancer and overall, with acceptable tradeoffs (2, 3). The most commonly used screening test is m...
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing non-small-cell and small-cell lung cancer. It aims to
improve outcomes for patients by ensuring that the most effective tests and treatments are used,
and that people have access to suitable palliative care and follow-up....
OBJECTIVE: To estimate benefits and harms of different colorectal cancer screening strategies, stratified by (baseline) 15-year colorectal cancer risk. DESIGN: Microsimulation modelling study using MIcrosimulation SCreening ANalysis-Colon (MISCAN-Colon).SETTING: A parallel guideline committee (BMJ Rapid ...
Wolf, Andrew M. D;
Fontham, Elizabeth T. H;
Church, Timothy R;
Flowers, Christopher R;
Guerra, Carmen E;
LaMonte, Samuel J;
Etzioni, Ruth;
McKenna, Matthew T;
Oeffinger, Kevin C;
Shih, Ya-Chen Tina;
Walter, Louise C;
Andrews, Kimberly S;
Brawley, Otis W;
Brooks, Durado;
Fedewa, Stacey A;
Manassaram-Baptiste, Deana;
Siege, Rebecca L;
Wender, Richard C;
Smith, Robert A.
In the United States, colorectal cancer (CRC) is the fourth most common cancer diagnosed among adults and the second leading cause of death from cancer. For this guideline update, the American Cancer Society (ACS) used an existing systematic evidence review of the CRC screening literature and microsimula...
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing early and locally advanced breast cancer....
Resumo: O câncer de mama é a principal causa de morte por câncer em mulheres no Brasil. As novas diretrizes para detecção precoce no Brasil foram elaboradas com base em revisões sistemáticas da literatura sobre riscos e possíveis benefícios de diversas estratégias de detecção precoce. O objet...
