Co-relation of Early Detection and Successful Patient Outcomes

A total of about 1.9 million cancer diagnoses and 609,820 cancer deaths are expected in the United States in 2023, and it remains the second leading cause of death in the country until the present. Despite these high rates, there has been a substantial decline of 33% in cancer deaths due to early detection, advancement in treatments, and reductions in smoking.

What is early cancer detection?

Proposed in 1968 by Wilson and Jugner of the World Health Organization, early detection consists of two components—early diagnosis (or downstaging) and screening. The former focuses on detecting cancer (of any type) among …read more