Archives of General Internal Medicine

Screening tests in cancer

15^th World Congress on Gynecology, Obstetrics and Womens Health & 17^th International Conference on Traditional Medicine and Acupuncture & 9^th World Summit on Cancer Science and Oncology
May 26, 2022 | Joint Webinar

Brinda Patel

Kean University, USA

Posters & Accepted Abstracts : Arch Gen Intern Med

Abstract:

Screening is defined as presumptive identification of unrecognized disease in an apparently healthy, asymptomatic population by means of tests, examinations or other procedures that can be applied rapidly and easily to the target population. Screening tests help determine cancer at an early stage, decide further investigations, and plan treatment. The common cancers are breast, cervical, colorectal, lung, ovarian, pancreatic, hepatic, thyroid, oral, bladder, prostate and skin cancers. The common screening tests used in these cancers are laboratory investigations and imaging tests. The imaging tests generally performed for cancer detection and treatment planning are X-rays, Mammography, Ultrasound, CT scan, MRI, PET scan and biopsies.

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