Florence K. L. Tangka

TL;DR: The capacity exists for widespread screening with fecal occult blood testing and the capacity for screening with flexible sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy depends on the proportion of available capacity used for colorectal cancer screening.

TL;DR: Whether recent use of mammography has dropped nationally is ascertain to ascertain whether timely screening with mammography can prevent a substantial number of deaths from breast cancer.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined trends in stage-specific survival for melanoma of the skin (melanoma) in the United States from 2001 through 2017 and melanoma cases diagnosed during 2001-2014 and followed up through 2016 were obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Cancer Institute-funded population-based cancer registry programs compiled by the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries.

TL;DR: This study examined the association between county‐level measures of socioeconomic status (SES) and the incidence rate of human papillomavirus (HPV)‐associated cancers, including cervical, vulvar, vaginal, anal, penile, and oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers.

TL;DR: Understanding use of cancer screening tests among different population subgroups is vital for planning public health interventions with potential to increase screening uptake and reduce disparities in cancer morbidity and mortality.