Cancer screening recommendations (by cancer type) US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Cancer screening recommendations (by cancer type) Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 1: One use of Mammography as a screening tool is to detect invasive carcinoma before it becomes _____
Answer: clinically palpable
Flashcard 2: What test is used to screen for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria? _____
Answer: Sucrose test
Flashcard 3: One positive screening test for Cushing syndrome is an increased midnight _____ cortisol
Answer: salivary
Flashcard 4: One positive screening test for Cushing syndrome is an increased free _____ on 24-hour urinalysis
Answer: cortisol
Flashcard 5: Which glucose test is the preferred screening method for gestational diabetes / CF-diabetes?_____
Answer: 2 hour oral glucose test
Flashcard 6: Most notably, the serum tumor marker _____ is elevated in Prostate Cancer
Answer: PSA
Flashcard 7: With respect to TB, what does a positive PPD indicate?
Answer: current infection, past exposure, BCG vaccinated
Flashcard 8: lead-time bias
Answer: early detection confused with increased survival (e.g. cancer screening)
Flashcard 9: sensitivity (epidemiology)
Answer: The probability that a test detects disease when disease is present.
Extra: Sens = TP/(TP+FN)
Flashcard 10: specificity (test parameter)
Answer: The probability that a test indicates non-disease when disease is absent.
Extra: Spec = TN/(TN+FP)
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