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ArticleCancer biomarkers : section A of Disease markers2025

Estimated proportion of cancer deaths not addressed by current cancer screening efforts in the United States.

Joshua J Ofman, William Dahut, Ahmedin Jemal, Ellen T Chang, Christina A Clarke, Earl Hubbell, Anuraag R Kansal, Allison W Kurian, Graham A Colditz, Alpa V Patel

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Article in Cancer biomarkers : section A of Disease markers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  3. Modeled Sojourn Time and Sensitivity for Detecting Preclinical Cancers Retrospectively by a Multicancer Early Detection Test.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Joshua J OfmanGRAIL, Inc., Menlo Park, CA, USA.
William DahutAmerican Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Ahmedin JemalAmerican Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Ellen T ChangGRAIL, Inc., Menlo Park, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7169-157X
Christina A ClarkeGRAIL, Inc., Menlo Park, CA, USA.
Earl HubbellGRAIL, Inc., Menlo Park, CA, USA.
Anuraag R KansalGRAIL, Inc., Menlo Park, CA, USA.
Allison W KurianDivision of Oncology, Department of Medicine, and Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Graham A ColditzInstitute for Public Health and Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
Alpa V PatelAmerican Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BackgroundIt is unclear what proportion of the population cancer burden is covered by current implementation of USPSTF A/B screening recommendations.ObjectiveWe estimated the proportion of all US cancer deaths caused by cancer types not covered by screening recommendations or cancer types covered but unaddressed by current implementation.MethodsWe used 2018-2019 National Center for Health Statistics mortality data, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results registries incidence-based mortality data, and published estimates of screening eligibility and receipt.ResultsOf approximately 600,000 annual cancer deaths in the US, 31.4% were from screenable cancer types, including colorectal, female breast, cervical, and smoking-associated lung cancers. Further accounting for the low receipt of lung cancer screening reduced the proportion to 17.4%; accounting for receipt of other screening reduced it to 12.8%. Thus, we estimated that current implementation of recommended screening may not address as much as 87.2% of cancer deaths

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Early Detection of CancerNeoplasmsAgedFemaleHumansMaleMass ScreeningMiddle AgedSEER ProgramUnited Statescancer mortalitycancer screeningmulti-cancer early detectionpopulation healthpublic health practiceSurveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program

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PMCPMC12288388

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