Basic issues in population screening for cancer.

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Effect of breast self-examination techniques on the risk of death from breast cancer. CMAJ (1997) 3.05

Impact of endoscopic biopsy surveillance of Barrett's oesophagus on pathological stage and clinical outcome of Barrett's carcinoma. Gut (1998) 2.38

Cancer rates after the Three Mile Island nuclear accident and proximity of residence to the plant. Am J Public Health (1991) 2.11

Ethical issues in epidemiologic research and public health practice. Emerg Themes Epidemiol (2006) 1.69

The rising challenge of non-AIDS-defining cancers in HIV-infected patients. Clin Infect Dis (2012) 1.62

Utilization of primary health care workers for early detection of oral cancer and precancer cases in Sri Lanka. Bull World Health Organ (1984) 1.53

The effect of study design biases on the diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging for detecting silicone breast implant ruptures: a meta-analysis. Plast Reconstr Surg (2011) 1.53

Comparative pathology of breast cancer in a randomised trial of screening. Br J Cancer (1991) 1.42

Breast self-examination: an adjuvant to early cancer detection. Am J Public Health (1981) 1.40

Repeated screening for breast cancer. J Epidemiol Community Health (1984) 1.37

Population screening for colorectal cancer means getting FIT: the past, present, and future of colorectal cancer screening using the fecal immunochemical test for hemoglobin (FIT). Gut Liver (2014) 1.19

Emerging trends in hepatocellular carcinoma: focus on diagnosis and therapeutics. Clin Med Insights Oncol (2014) 1.17

Prevention of advanced colorectal cancer by screening using the immunochemical faecal occult blood test: a case-control study. Br J Cancer (2003) 1.12

The influence of malignant cell cytology screening on the survival of industrial bladder cancer cases. J Epidemiol Community Health (1981) 1.09

Measures of benefit for breast screening from the pathology database for Scotland, 1991-2001. J Clin Pathol (2003) 0.98

An evaluation of the osmole gap as a screening test for toxic alcohol poisoning. BMC Emerg Med (2008) 0.95

Observations on the pathogenesis of chronic airflow obstruction in smokers: implications for the detection of "early" lung disease. Thorax (1986) 0.91

Screening for cancer with molecular markers: progress comes with potential problems. Nat Rev Cancer (2012) 0.88

Risk factors for breast cancer with applications to selection for the prevalence screen. J Epidemiol Community Health (1987) 0.86

Role of surveillance in intestinal metaplasia of the esophagus and gastroesophageal junction. World J Surg (2003) 0.85

An evaluation of screening for lung cancer in Niigata Prefecture, Japan: a population-based case-control study. Br J Cancer (2001) 0.85

Clinical analysis of anatomical resection for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma based on the stratification of liver function. World J Surg (2014) 0.85

The estimated predictive value of screening for illicit drugs in the workplace. Am J Public Health (1988) 0.84

Occult blood screening of Canadians: wise or unwise? CMAJ (1985) 0.79

Histopathologic indicators of breast cancer biology: insights from population mammographic screening. Br J Cancer (2005) 0.77

Screening for hepatocellular carcinoma. Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y) (2008) 0.76

Estimating the effect of targeted screening strategies: an application to colonoscopy and colorectal cancer. Epidemiology (2017) 0.76

Routine hemoccult screening: the current evidence. Can Fam Physician (1985) 0.75

A comparison of axillary node status between cancers detected at the prevalence and first incidence breast screening rounds. Br J Cancer (1996) 0.75

Clinicoradiologic and sonographic patterns of metastasis in hepatocellular carcinoma. J Natl Med Assoc (2006) 0.75

Symposium: Screening for colorectal cancer. Int J Colorectal Dis (1986) 0.75

Population-Based Assessment of a Biomarker-Based Screening Pathway to Aid Diagnosis of Monogenic Diabetes in Young-Onset Patients. Diabetes Care (2017) 0.75

Detection rate of immunochemical fecal occult blood test for colorectal adenomatous polyps with severe dysplasia. J Gastroenterol (1997) 0.75

Smoking and cancer f the lower urinary tract. N Engl J Med (1971) 6.66

Age at first birth and breast cancer risk. Bull World Health Organ (1970) 6.16

Etiology of human breast cancer: a review. J Natl Cancer Inst (1973) 5.88

Attributable risk percent in case-control studies. Br J Prev Soc Med (1971) 5.21

A pilot study of smokeless tobacco in smoking cessation. Am J Med (1998) 3.60

The Jehovah's Witness and dementia: who or what defines 'best interests'? Anaesthesia (2006) 3.37

Occupation and cancer of the lower urinary tract. Cancer (1972) 3.25

Tumor behavior in isolated perfused organs: in vitro growth and metastases of biopsy material in rabbit thyroid and canine intestinal segment. Ann Surg (1966) 3.00

18FDG-Positron emission tomography for the early prediction of response in advanced soft tissue sarcoma treated with imatinib mesylate (Glivec). Eur J Cancer (2003) 2.97

An occupation and exposure linkage system for the study of occupational carcinogenesis. J Occup Med (1980) 2.84

Primary ciliary dyskinesia: diagnosis and standards of care. Eur Respir J (1998) 2.81

Tobacco use and cancer. A reappraisal. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod (1995) 2.68

Cigarette smoking and urinary estrogens. N Engl J Med (1982) 2.55

Menopausal estrogens and breast cancer. N Engl J Med (1976) 2.48

Pyocyanin and 1-hydroxyphenazine produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa inhibit the beating of human respiratory cilia in vitro. J Clin Invest (1987) 2.40

Benzene and leukemia. A review of the literature and a risk assessment. Am J Epidemiol (1988) 2.36

Menopause and breast cancer risk. J Natl Cancer Inst (1972) 2.27

Tobacco-related mortality. Nature (1994) 2.27

Bowel-flora alteration: a potential cure for inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome? Med J Aust (1989) 2.16

Cancer among farmers: a meta-analysis. Ann Epidemiol (1998) 1.99

Factors affecting response to postal questionnaires. Br J Prev Soc Med (1970) 1.95

Oestrogen fractions during early reproductive life in the aetiology of breast cancer. Lancet (1969) 1.89

Use of selective media in bacteriological investigation of patients with chronic suppurative respiratory infection. Lancet (1980) 1.87

Brain regional correspondence between Alzheimer's disease histopathology and biomarkers of protein oxidation. J Neurochem (1995) 1.84

Evolving patterns of tobacco use in northern Sweden. J Intern Med (2003) 1.78

Effect of bacterial products on human ciliary function in vitro. Thorax (1985) 1.78

Childhood social environment and Hodgkin's disease. N Engl J Med (1981) 1.77

Selection bias from differential residential mobility as an explanation for associations of wire codes with childhood cancer. J Clin Epidemiol (1993) 1.75

Diet, mammographic features of breast tissue, and breast cancer risk. Am J Epidemiol (1989) 1.73

Recurrence of duodenal ulcer and Campylobacter pylori infection after eradication. Med J Aust (1989) 1.73

Activation of mouse peritoneal cells to kill Listeria monocytogenes by T-lymphocyte products. Infect Immun (1975) 1.72

Mechanism of gastric hypersecretion following massive intestinal resection. Clinical and experimental observations. Ann Surg (1966) 1.72

Mammographic parenchymal features and breast cancer in the breast cancer detection demonstration project. J Natl Cancer Inst (1988) 1.71

Double blind, placebo controlled trial of betamethasone nasal drops for nasal polyposis. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) (1985) 1.70

Sudden infant death syndrome risk factors in north Queensland: a survey of infant-care practices in Indigenous and non-Indigenous women. J Paediatr Child Health (2002) 1.68

Transverse-momentum and pseudorapidity distributions of charged hadrons in pp collisions at square root of s = 7 TeV. Phys Rev Lett (2010) 1.67

Efficacy of a saccharin test for screening to detect abnormal mucociliary clearance. Br J Dis Chest (1984) 1.63

Height and weight, mammographic features of breast tissue, and breast cancer risk. Am J Epidemiol (1984) 1.62

Incidence rates of salivary gland tumors: results from a population-based study. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg (1999) 1.61

Brain tumors among electronics industry workers. Epidemiology (1996) 1.60

The evolving case-control study. J Chronic Dis (1979) 1.58

Age-incidence and risk of diethylstilbestrol-related clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina and cervix. Am J Obstet Gynecol (1977) 1.57

Risk factors for cancer of the testis. N Engl J Med (1980) 1.57

The rewards of smoking cessation. Epidemiology (1996) 1.56

Population trends in cigarette smoking and bladder cancer. Am J Epidemiol (1971) 1.51

Epidemiology of endometrial cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst (1977) 1.50

Chronic bronchial suppuration and inflammatory bowel disease. Q J Med (1981) 1.50

Epidemiology of bladder cancer. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am (1992) 1.50

Extracellular nucleotides stimulate receptor-mediated calcium mobilization and inositol phosphate production in human fibroblasts. Biochem J (1989) 1.48

Epidemiology of hodgkin's disease in the young. Int J Cancer (1977) 1.47

Nucleotide sequence of the BALB/c mouse beta-globin complex. J Mol Biol (1989) 1.47

Intracellular killing of Listeria monocytogenes by activated macrophages (Mackaness system) is due to antibiotic. Nature (1975) 1.46

The site and function of the nasal valve. Laryngoscope (1983) 1.43

Coffee-drinking and cancer of the lower urinary tract. Lancet (1971) 1.42

Endocrinology and epidemiology of breast cancer. Cancer (1969) 1.42

Cryptorchidism, hernia, and cancer of the testis. J Natl Cancer Inst (1976) 1.41

Mammographic features of the breast and breast cancer risk. Am J Epidemiol (1982) 1.41

Breast self-examination: an adjuvant to early cancer detection. Am J Public Health (1981) 1.40

The safe use of sodium nitroprusside. Anaesthesia (1978) 1.40

A follow-up study of synthetic rubber workers. Toxicology (1996) 1.38

Excess leukemia in a refinery population. J Occup Med (1985) 1.34

Case definition in case-control studies of the efficacy of screening. Am J Epidemiol (1982) 1.34

Epidemiology of Hodgkin's disease. Semin Oncol (1980) 1.33

Nonoccupational risk indicators of glioblastoma in adults. J Neurooncol (1990) 1.32

CBP/p300 and muscle differentiation: no HAT, no muscle. EMBO J (2001) 1.30

A nerve growth factor-regulated messenger RNA encodes a new intermediate filament protein. J Cell Biol (1988) 1.30

Leukemia and cumulative exposure to butadiene, styrene and benzene among workers in the synthetic rubber industry. Toxicology (1996) 1.29

Antibodies to myelin basic protein in children with autistic behavior. Brain Behav Immun (1993) 1.28

Mortality from leukemia and other diseases among workers at a petroleum refinery. J Occup Med (1989) 1.26

Nasal brushing for the study of ciliary ultrastructure. J Clin Pathol (1982) 1.25

Artificial sweeteners and cancer of the lower urinary tract. N Engl J Med (1980) 1.24

Incidence rates and risk factors of benign breast neoplasms. Am J Epidemiol (1978) 1.23

Rates and risks of diethylstilbestrol-related clear-cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina and cervix. An update. N Engl J Med (1987) 1.23

Life cycle events in 15th century Florence: records of the Monte delle doti. Am J Epidemiol (1977) 1.22

Breast cancer in an area of high parity: São Paulo, Brazil. Cancer Res (1971) 1.21

Oral contraceptive use: association with frequency of hospitalization and chronic disease risk indicators. Am J Public Health (1978) 1.21

Addiction to aerosol treatment: the asthmatic alternative to glue sniffing. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) (1983) 1.20

Obstructive apneas during sleep in patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis. Am Rev Respir Dis (1982) 1.18

Cigarette smoking and Warthin's tumor. Am J Epidemiol (1996) 1.17

Oral contraceptives and reduced risk of benign breast diseases. N Engl J Med (1976) 1.17

Epidemiology of cancer of the renal pelvis and ureter. J Natl Cancer Inst (1974) 1.17

Folate deficiency and cervical dysplasia. JAMA (1992) 1.15

Hodgkin's disease in siblings. N Engl J Med (1977) 1.15

Cigarette smoking and leukemia. J Chronic Dis (1986) 1.15

Reversed anaphylactic reaction of leucocytes in intrinsic asthma. Clin Allergy (1971) 1.14

Isolation of spheroplastic forms of Haemophilus influenzae from sputum in conventionally treated chronic bronchial sepsis using selective medium supplemented with N-acetyl-D-glucosamine: possible reservoir for re-emergence of infection. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) (1984) 1.14

Describing the validity of carcinogen screening tests. Br J Cancer (1979) 1.14

Bronchoalveolar lavage for the preparation of free lung cells: technique and complications. Br J Dis Chest (1980) 1.14

Transitory ultrastructural abnormalities of cilia. Br J Dis Chest (1982) 1.14

Coffee drinking and cancer of the lower urinary tract. J Natl Cancer Inst (1975) 1.14

The effects of pneumolysin and hydrogen peroxide, alone and in combination, on human ciliated epithelium in vitro. Respir Med (2002) 1.11

Sodium nitroprusside as a hypotensive agent. Br J Anaesth (1968) 1.11

Some social and medical characteristics of Army men with testicular cancer. Am J Epidemiol (1976) 1.11

Age at menarche, urine estrogens and breast cancer risk. Int J Cancer (1982) 1.10

Acoustic rhinometry, rhinomanometry, and the sensation of nasal patency: a correlative study. J Otolaryngol (1994) 1.10

The effects of early treatment, lead time and length bias on the mortality experienced by cases detected by screening. Int J Epidemiol (1982) 1.08

High dose antibiotic is logical, effective, and economical in treatment of severe bronchial sepsis. Lancet (1983) 1.08