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Cancer Screening and Diagnostic Tests in Global Contexts: Case Study and Concept Analysis
OBJECTIVE: Although the purposes and outcomes of screening and diagnostic tests are different, they are often confused. Therefore, it is important to delineate the clinical concept of cancer screening tests to be clear in our communication not only among healthcare professionals but also with client...
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2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6287388/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30599021 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/apjon.apjon_59_18 |
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author | Lee, Haeok Lee, Shin-Young Mtengezo, Jasintha T. Makin, MarySue Park, Jeong-Hwan Thompson, Linda |
author_facet | Lee, Haeok Lee, Shin-Young Mtengezo, Jasintha T. Makin, MarySue Park, Jeong-Hwan Thompson, Linda |
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description | OBJECTIVE: Although the purposes and outcomes of screening and diagnostic tests are different, they are often confused. Therefore, it is important to delineate the clinical concept of cancer screening tests to be clear in our communication not only among healthcare professionals but also with client populations. The aim of this study is to both describe and analyze the concept of cancer screening and explain their practical meaning in global contexts. METHODS: Comparative case studies of cervical and liver cancer screening tests were used as the basis for developing an understanding of a specific concept (phenomenon) of cancer screening and for delineating the relationships between factors that cause screening to occur. RESULTS: A cancer screening is defined as an action taken by both the patient and health-care provider to detect a possible pre-cancerous condition among healthy and asymptomatic individuals who are at sufficient risk of a specific disorder to warrant further investigation or treatment. The case study-based concept analysis has been shown to be useful for improving our understanding of the multi-dimensional nature of the concept in global contexts. CONCLUSIONS: New paradigms maximizing participation in cancer screening to detect diseases before symptoms are manifested rather than focusing on diagnosis and treatment of symptomatic infectious diseases need to be developed and implemented. |
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spelling | pubmed-62873882019-01-01 Cancer Screening and Diagnostic Tests in Global Contexts: Case Study and Concept Analysis Lee, Haeok Lee, Shin-Young Mtengezo, Jasintha T. Makin, MarySue Park, Jeong-Hwan Thompson, Linda Asia Pac J Oncol Nurs Rapid Communication OBJECTIVE: Although the purposes and outcomes of screening and diagnostic tests are different, they are often confused. Therefore, it is important to delineate the clinical concept of cancer screening tests to be clear in our communication not only among healthcare professionals but also with client populations. The aim of this study is to both describe and analyze the concept of cancer screening and explain their practical meaning in global contexts. METHODS: Comparative case studies of cervical and liver cancer screening tests were used as the basis for developing an understanding of a specific concept (phenomenon) of cancer screening and for delineating the relationships between factors that cause screening to occur. RESULTS: A cancer screening is defined as an action taken by both the patient and health-care provider to detect a possible pre-cancerous condition among healthy and asymptomatic individuals who are at sufficient risk of a specific disorder to warrant further investigation or treatment. The case study-based concept analysis has been shown to be useful for improving our understanding of the multi-dimensional nature of the concept in global contexts. CONCLUSIONS: New paradigms maximizing participation in cancer screening to detect diseases before symptoms are manifested rather than focusing on diagnosis and treatment of symptomatic infectious diseases need to be developed and implemented. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6287388/ /pubmed/30599021 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/apjon.apjon_59_18 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Ann & Joshua Medical Publishing Co. Ltd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Rapid Communication Lee, Haeok Lee, Shin-Young Mtengezo, Jasintha T. Makin, MarySue Park, Jeong-Hwan Thompson, Linda Cancer Screening and Diagnostic Tests in Global Contexts: Case Study and Concept Analysis |
title | Cancer Screening and Diagnostic Tests in Global Contexts: Case Study and Concept Analysis |
title_full | Cancer Screening and Diagnostic Tests in Global Contexts: Case Study and Concept Analysis |
title_fullStr | Cancer Screening and Diagnostic Tests in Global Contexts: Case Study and Concept Analysis |
title_full_unstemmed | Cancer Screening and Diagnostic Tests in Global Contexts: Case Study and Concept Analysis |
title_short | Cancer Screening and Diagnostic Tests in Global Contexts: Case Study and Concept Analysis |
title_sort | cancer screening and diagnostic tests in global contexts: case study and concept analysis |
topic | Rapid Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6287388/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30599021 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/apjon.apjon_59_18 |
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