One stop screening for multiple cancers: Th... [Eur J Intern Med. 2013] - PubMed - NCBI

One stop screening for multiple cancers: Th... [Eur J Intern Med. 2013] - PubMed - NCBI

Eur J Intern Med. 2013 Jan 8. pii: S0953-6205(12)00337-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2012.12.012. [Epub ahead of print]

One stop screening for multiple cancers: The experience of an integrated cancer prevention center.

Sella T, Boursi B, Gat-Charlap A, Aroch I, Liberman E, Moshkowitz M, Miller E, Gur E, Inbar R, Blachar A, Mabjeesh NJ, Rosenfeld O, Sperber F, Reiser V, Kleinman S, Jaffa AJ, Bloch M, Ormianer M, Naumov I, Kazanov D, Kraus S, Galazan L, Arber N.

Source

The Integrated Cancer Prevention Center, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center affiliated to Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

Cancer is a leading cause of mortality worldwide. Screening is a key strategy for reducing cancer morbidity and mortality.

METHODS:

We aimed to describe the experience of an integrated cancer prevention center in screening an asymptomatic population for the presence of neoplasia. One-thousand consecutive asymptomatic, apparently healthy adults, aged 20-80years, were screened for early detection of 11 common cancers that account for 70-80% of cancer mortality.

RESULTS:

Malignant and benign lesions were found in 2.4% and 7.1% of the screenees, respectively. The most common malignant lesions were in the gastrointestinal tract and breast followed by gynecological and skin. The compliance rate for the different screening procedures was considerably higher than the actual screening rate in the general Israeli population - 78% compared to 60% for mammography (p<0 .001="" 0.94-5.9="" 16="" 2.3="" 39="" a="" advanced="" age="" an="" and="" apc="" associated="" cancer="" cd24="" certain="" ci="" colonoscopy="" compared="" existed="" extremely="" family="" for="" genes="" high="" history="" in="" increased="" indicated="" individual="" lesion="" lifestyle="" moreover="" neoplastic="" of="" p="" parameters="" polymorphisms="" risk.="" risk="" the="" to="" two="" was="" were="" when="" with="">

CONCLUSIONS:

One stop shop screening for 11 common cancers in the setting of a multidisciplinary outpatient clinic is feasible and can detect cancer at an early stage.
Copyright © 2012 European Federation of Internal Medicine. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

PMID:

23312963

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