National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Disease Screening

Synonyms

Disease Screening Procedure

Disease Screening

Screening Intervention

Screening

screening

Definitions

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

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C15419

ALT_DEFINITION

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)

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.

code

C15419

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C132298

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C116977

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C147067

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C118169

Contributing_Source

CDISC

CTRP

DEFINITION

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

Display_Name

Disease Screening

FULL_SYN

Disease Screening Procedure

Disease Screening

Screening Intervention

Screening

screening

label

Disease Screening

Legacy Concept Name

Screening

Maps_To

Special screening examination, unspecified

Preferred_Name

Disease Screening

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C15419

Semantic_Type

Diagnostic Procedure

UMLS_CUI

C0220908

subClassOf

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