Cancer screening recommendations (by cancer type) — Flashcards

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)