Question 111 (part 2) · LEK · Cross-cutting topics

Screening should be performed if there is a simple, non-invasive or minimally invasive test that allows us to detect cancer or a precancerous condition. Which of the following is true:

1) screening should result in a lowered mortality rate related to a particular cancer;
2) there are highly sensitive screening tests for ovarian cancer;
3) a cervical smear test is a recognized screening test for cervical cancer;
4) diagnostic hysteroscopy is a recognized screening test for uterine corpus cancer;
5) detection of the DNA of highly oncogenic HPVs from the cervical canal and the ectocervix might increase the sensitivity and specificity of screening tests for cervical cancer.
The correct answer is:

A. 1,2,3.
B. 2,3,4.
C. 1,3,5.
D. 1,3.
E. 1,5.

Hint

Check each statement against the principles of screening and the evidence for ovarian and endometrial cancer screening.

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Screening should be performed if there is a simple, non-invasive or minimally invasive test that allows us to detect cancer or a precancerous condition. Which of the following is true:

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