Disease Screening

Preferred Label : Disease Screening;

NCIt synonyms : Disease Screening Procedure; Screening Intervention; Screening;

NCIt definition : The use of any device, marker, or other means for the purpose of detecting the presence of disease, usually in asymptomatic individuals.;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: Checking for disease when there are no symptoms. Since screening may find diseases at an early stage, there may be a better chance of curing the disease. Examples of cancer screening tests are the mammogram (breast), colonoscopy (colon), Pap smear (cervix), and PSA blood level and digital rectal exam (prostate). Screening can also include checking for a person's risk of developing an inherited disease by doing a genetic test.; CDISC: Any action or process to identify a condition, or risk factors for a condition, in humans who are not yet known to have the condition or risk factor. (clinicaltrials.gov);

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000046171;

Details

Origin ID

C15419;

UMLS CUI

C1710031;

Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Screening [ICNP action]
- Screening [TUV Concept]
- screening [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Diagnostic Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Screening [TUV Concept]
Validated automatic mappings to BTNT
- overscreening [Q-code]
concept_is_in_subset
- CDISC Protocol Study Purpose Response Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC Protocol Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Intervention Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]

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