11-14 Enrollees meeting these criteria were eligible for inclusion in the evaluation of cancer screening for that index month. Data Analysis The primary study end point was receipt of cancer screening, defined as the presence of 1 or more claims during the index month with an ICD-10-CM, ...
Schenk-Braat and Bangma (2006) noted that PSA is currently the most important biochemical marker for the diagnosis of prostate cancer. Because of the limited specificity of PSA, clinically irrelevant tumors and benign abnormalities are also detected that can potentially lead to over-treatment and th...
References World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki Read the article Exclusions Used to Define the Final Cohort of Elderly Men Eligible for PSA Screening CPT indicates Current Procedural Terminology Code; ICD-9, International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision; PSA, prostate-specific ...
The EMR was queried using ICD-9 and CPT codes for diagnoses and procedures. We identified patients older than 35 years who underwent an initial PSA test from 1999 to 2012. Patients with a diagnosis of prostate cancer prior to PSA testing were excluded from the study. The Deyo classification ...
PCa cases in both arms were identified from the Finnish Cancer Registry, which covers practically all cancer cases in Finland [23]. The clinical information on Gleason grade (available for 97.3% of cases), stage (97.7%) and serum PSA concentration at diagnosis was acquired from the medical rec...
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The Librosa library for Python and other libraries were mainly used to complete these steps. Firstly, the signal spectrum was flattened and the resonance amplitudes were made close to each other by pre-emphasis. Secondly, the continuous speech signal was divided into a series of 10–30 ms long...
effectiveness of BRCA1/BRCA2 population screening (PS) in Ashkenazi Jews (AJ), for whom carrier rate is 2.5%, compared with two existing strategies: cascade testing (CT) in carrier’s relatives (≥25% carrier probability) and international family history (IFH)-based guidelines (>10% ...
For patients with a history of heart attack,transient ischemic attack(TIA), or stroke, statins may be appropriate for patients with high LDL cholesterollevels (the “bad” cholesterol), for example, those who havetype 2 diabetes, and those who have a 10-year risk of a heart attack greater...
for example with colorectal cancer (see Fig.1). Screening may employ a technology (e.g., mammography), laboratory testing (e.g., prostatic specific antigen [PSA] blood test), a survey form (e.g.,Center for Epidemiologic Studies Short Depression Scale[CES-D 10], Radloff,1977), skill-...