disease screening
Early detection effort
Disease screening is testing people for a medical condition before symptoms appear.
Screening aims to catch diseases early when treatment is more effective: routine mammograms, colonoscopies after fifty, newborn screening for metabolic disorders.
Screening differs from diagnostic testing, which confirms disease in people already showing symptoms.
- mammogramBreast tissue X-ray
- colonoscopyLarge intestine examination
- blood testDiagnostic fluid analysis
- early detectionFinding something at onset
- early interventionPrompt response to emerging problems
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Care for an ailment
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disease screeningdiagnostic testing
Tests identifying conditions
clinical diagnosis · differential diagnosis · medical examination
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