Cancer Screening: Public Health and Genomic Insights - July 13, 2015

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Cancer Screening: Public Health and Genomic Insights - July 13, 2015

CDC and Related Info

• Targeted cancer screening in average-risk individualsMarcus P et al, AM J Prev Medicine, July 2015
• Cancer screening tests
• Can we use genetic stratification in population screening for cancer?
• Cancer screening and genetics: a tale of two paradigmsHamilton J. et al, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, April 2014

CDC paper: Targeted cancer screening in average-risk individuals
Marcus P et al, AM J Prev Medicine, July 2015

CDC information:Cancer screening tests

NCI information: Screening can help doctors find and treat several types of cancer early

Effects of age on the detection and management of breast cancer.
McGuire A et al. Cancers (Basel) 2015 (2) 908-29

Molecular markers for colorectal cancer screening.
Dickinson BT et al. Gut 2015 May 20.

Intensified surveillance for early detection of breast cancer in high-risk patients.
Bick U et al. Breast Care (Basel) 2015 Feb (1) 13-20

Screening in GI cancers: The role of genetics.
Stoffel EM et al. J. Clin. Oncol. 2015 Jun 1. (16) 1721-1728

A cost analysis of a pancreatic cancer screening protocol in high-risk populations.
Bruenderman E et al. Am. J. Surg. 2015 Apr 24.

Committee opinion no. 634: hereditary cancer syndromes and risk assessment.
Obstet Gynecol 2015 Jun (6) 1538-43

Public interest in and acceptability of the prospect of risk-stratified screening for breast and prostate cancer.
Koitsalu M et al. Acta Oncol 2015 May 20. 1-7

Circulating microRNAs as non-invasive biomarkers for early detection of non-small-cell lung cancer.
Wozniak MB et al. PLoS ONE 2015 (5) e0125026

Genetic Stratification and Uptake of Cancer Screening - November 13, 2014

Genetic and environmental risk assessment and colorectal cancer screening in an average-risk population: a randomized trial. 
Weinberg DS, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2014 Oct 21;161(8):537-45.

Personalized genetic testing fails to improve CRC screening rates, by Leah Lawrence, Cancer Network, Oct 31

Genetic risk information does not affect cancer screening uptake, PHG Foundation, Nov 4

Precision prevention of cancer. 
Timothy R. Rebbeck et al. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, Oct 31

CDC blog post: Can we use genetic stratification in population screening for cancer?

Cancer Screening: In the Age of Genomics and Personalization - April 10, 2014

CDC paper: Cancer screening and genetics: a tale of two paradigms
Hamilton J. et al, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, April 2014

Cancer screening: preparing for risk stratification, by Rebecca Bazeley, PHG Foundation, Feb, 18

Systematic assessment of benefits and risks to guide breast cancer screening decisions. 
Lydia E. Pace, et al.  JAMA, April 2, 2014

Breast cancer screening: Toward informed decisions
Joann G. Elmore, et al. JAMA April 2, 2014

Time to individualize mammography, by Nick Mulcahy, Medscape, Apr 2 [by free subscription only]