Medical screening： to be or not to be

WHAT IS MEDICAL SCREENING？ Worldwide chronic diseases have become a major cause of suffering, disability and mortality. When patients are diagnosed as a result of the appearance of symptoms, it is often too late and treatment options are limited. Hoping that early diagnosis and early treatment can r...

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Published in:Chinese medical journal 2010-07, Vol.123 (14), p.1948-1951
Main Authors: Wang, Wei-Zhong, Tang, Jin-Ling
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Female
Humans
Mass Screening - adverse effects
Mass Screening - economics
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - diagnosis
Vaginal Smears - adverse effects
Vaginal Smears - economics
健康检查
医疗检查
并发症
慢性疾病
早期治疗
风险因素
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Summary:WHAT IS MEDICAL SCREENING？ Worldwide chronic diseases have become a major cause of suffering, disability and mortality. When patients are diagnosed as a result of the appearance of symptoms, it is often too late and treatment options are limited. Hoping that early diagnosis and early treatment can retard or stop disease progression, medical screening is proposed as a secondary prevention method in which people without specific medical complaints are invited to undergo interventions to identify and modify risk factors, or to find disease early in its course so that early treatment prevents further severe complications.
ISSN:0366-6999
2542-5641
DOI:10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2010.14.022