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Disease Screening
Next to prevention, early detection is the best defense for battling
disease, especially cancer. When diagnosed at an early stage, for
example, the relative fi ve-year survival rate is about 90 percent
for colorectal cancer and even higher for prostate cancer. Fortunately,
screening tests with an ever-increasing degree of sensitivity and
accuracy are making it possible to detect these and other cancers
in their initial stages – often before symptoms appear and in time to
ensure a complete recovery. Many of these tests are now part of routine
care and have been a major factor in reducing cancer-related deaths
in recent decades.
Image-Guided Pap Tests
To understand how screening tests
can save lives, look no further than
Pap tests. During the past half-century,
this highly effective, now routine test
has reduced deaths from cervical
cancer by 74 percent. The latest
generation Pap test further improves
early detection capabilities by com-
bining human review with the power
of an interactive computer imaging
system. Image-guided Pap testing
now accounts for more than
60 percent of all Pap tests that
LabCorp performs.
Acts as an early warning system
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