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MeSH Heading: Early Detection of Cancer
Tree Number(s): E01.390.500
Unique ID: D055088
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055088
Scope Note: Methods to identify and characterize cancer in the early stages of disease and predict tumor behavior.
Entry Term(s): Cancer Screening; Cancer Screening Tests; Early Diagnosis of Cancer
Public MeSH Note: 2009
History Note: 2009
Date Established: 2009/01/01
Date of Entry: 2008/07/08
Revision Date: 2009/07/06

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

instrumentation (IS)

methods (MT)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

psychology (PX)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

veterinary (VE)

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