scholarly journals Public Health Messaging and Strategies to Promote “SWIFT” Lung Cancer Detection: a Qualitative Study Among High-Risk Individuals

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamad M. Saab ◽  
Caroline Kilty ◽  
Brendan Noonan ◽  
Serena FitzGerald ◽  
Abigail Collins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Lung Cancer ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
Life Course Perspective ◽  
Policy Network ◽  
Early Presentation ◽  
Targeted Interventions ◽  
High Incidence

Abstract Lung cancer (LC) is the most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer mortality globally. A positive association between LC incidence and socioeconomic deprivation exists. High-risk individuals are less likely to be aware of LC and to correctly appraise LC symptoms and seek medical help accordingly. This qualitative study explored strategies to promote early detection of LC among at-risk individuals living in high-incidence areas in Ireland. Five semi-structured focus groups were conducted with 46 individuals. Data were collected face-to-face in community centres and organisations in high-incidence areas in two Irish counties and analysed using inductive qualitative content analysis. Participants believed that there was insufficient information regarding LC and recommended promoting LC awareness at a young rather than old age. They favoured public health messages that are Simple, clear, and honest; Worded positively; Incorporating a shock element; Featuring a celebrity, healthcare professional, or survivor; and Targeted (SWIFT). Most participants reported becoming immune to messages on cigarette packaging and recommended using a combination of broadcast and print media within national government-run campaigns to promote LC awareness and early detection. Study findings suggest that promoting LC awareness, help-seeking, early presentation, and diagnosis can be achieved by developing and testing targeted interventions. Promoting LC awareness requires a multi-sectoral policy network, or a whole systems approach. Such approaches ought to consider the multifactorial drivers of LC risk behaviours; involve coordinated, collective actions across various stakeholders; operate across multiple agencies; and take a life course perspective.

Abstract IA22: miRNA and lung cancer: Early detection in high-risk subjects

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (3 Supplement) ◽  
pp. IA22-IA22
Author(s):  
Gabriella Sozzi ◽  
Mattia Boeri ◽  
Carla Verri ◽  
Luca Roz ◽  
Paola Suatoni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
Cancer Early Detection

An Autoantibody Test (AABT) To Aid in Early Detection of Lung Cancer in High-Risk Patients Is Likely To Be Cost-effective

CHEST Journal ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 138 (4) ◽  
pp. 241A ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Boyle ◽  
Derek Weycker ◽  
Anne Khuu ◽  
James R. Jett ◽  
Frank C. Detterbeck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
High Risk Patients ◽  
Risk Patients

scholarly journals Early detection of lung cancer in Czech high-risk asymptomatic individuals (ELEGANCE)

Medicine ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 100 (5) ◽  
pp. e23878
Author(s):  
Lukas Lambert ◽  
Lenka Janouskova ◽  
Matej Novak ◽  
Bianka Bircakova ◽  
Zuzana Meckova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
Asymptomatic Individuals

scholarly journals Stroke in Patients with Diabetes: Is It Time to Expand Public Health Priority to Encompass High-Risk Patients with Increased Insulin Resistance?

EMJ Diabetes ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 84-91
Author(s):  
Sian Alexandra Bradley ◽  
Francis Muttamthottil Varghese ◽  
Bindu Menon ◽  
Man Mohan Mehndiratta ◽  
Sonu Menachem Maimonides Bhaskar
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Insulin Resistance ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Disease Burden ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Targeted Interventions ◽  
High Risk Patients ◽  
Risk Patients ◽  
The Impact

Diabetes and stroke, with an interlinking aetiology, contribute to a growing cardiovascular disease burden and mortality around the world. Given the disproportionate prevalence and the burden of these conditions in the developing world, as well as the high risk of both Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease carried by patients with metabolic syndrome, public health strategies are vital to mitigate the impact. Systematic approaches towards identifying undiagnosed patients in the community and building health systems around those targeted interventions have been implemented. However, growing evidence indicates potential for approaches to capture high-risk patients, such as those who suffer from pre-diabetes or increased insulin resistance, to provide early and optimal treatments, which could translate to population-level benefits, including reduced prevalence, disability, and disease burden.

Peningkatan Pengetahuan Lansia tentang Penyakit Degeneratif di Wilayah Kampung Tengah Kramat Jati

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-55
Author(s):  
Bazzar Ari Mighra ◽  
Wahyuningsih Djaali
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
High Risk ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Healthy Lifestyles ◽  
Degenerative Diseases ◽  
Early Prevention ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
High Incidence ◽  
Barrier Factor

The elderly are residents who have a high risk for various degenerative diseases, including stroke, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus. Lack of information and knowledge of the elderly regarding degenerative diseases, healthy lifestyles, and patterns of early prevention, are the main causes of the high incidence of complications of disease in the elderly. The inaccessibility of the elderly to access health services is also a barrier factor for the elderly and families to obtain information related to the disease. The purpose of this activity in general is to improve the degree of public health through increasing the knowledge of the elderly about degenerative diseases in the Kampung Tengah region, and specifically (1) providing knowledge to the elderly about stroke, (2) providing knowledge to the elderly about hypertension, (3) providing knowledge to the elderly about diabetes mellitus, and (4) providing knowledge to the elderly about how to prevent and manage stroke, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus. The method of this activities are lecturing, discussions, practicing and educational approaches. From the results of counseling activities, it can be concluded that the knowledge of the elderly about stroke, hypertension and diabetes mellitus in the Kampung Tengah region is still very minimal, and increasing knowledge about these degenerative diseases is very much needed so that the elderly can better maintain their health.

Two lipids based on lipidomics as novel biomarkers for early detection of squamous cell lung cancer.

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 11114-11114
Author(s):  
Youping Deng ◽  
Junmei Ai ◽  
Jeffrey Allen Borgia ◽  
Hankui Chen ◽  
Brett Mahon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Squamous Cell Carcinoma ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
Cell Carcinoma ◽  
Squamous Cell ◽  
Cell Lung Cancer ◽  
Squamous Cell Lung Cancer ◽  
Lipid Markers

11114 Background: Lipids play roles in membrane structure, energy storage, and signal transduction as well as lung cancer. Lipidomics, a new technology aims to measure all the lipids in a cell, has not been applied to diagnostic test development for a variety of cancer types. Here, we adopt lipidomics as a means to identify plasma lipid markers for the early detection of lung cancer and complement CT-based methods for lung cancer screening. Methods: Using mass spectrometry, we profiled 390 individual lipids in a training discovery cohort comprised of cohorts that were either at “high-risk” for lung cancer (n=22) and squamous cell carcinoma at early stages (n=22). Cases had a minimum of two years clinical follow-up and were matched in terms of race, sex, age and smoking status. Gain ratio feature selection and local weighted classification model were employed to find the best training classifier, which was further validated against an additional cohort, including high-risk individuals (n= 20) and squamous cell carcinoma patients (n=17). Results: In the training discovery stage, we found 20 distinct lipids that were significantly distributed between high-risk and cases of squamous cell carcinoma. We further defined a two lipid marker panel had a training accuracy at 95.5% sensitivity, 90.9% specificity and 95.2% AUC (Area under ROC curve). The validation accuracy against the additional cohort is 100.0% sensitivity, 90.0% specificity and 99.0% AUC (Table). The power for sample size we used in both discovery training and validation stages were over 90%. Conclusions: Using lipidomics we identified two lipid markers capable of discerning cases of squamous cell carcinoma from individuals at high risk for lung cancer, with a high sensitivity, specificity and accuracy. The markers maybe further developed as a quick, safe blood test for early diagnosis of squamous cell lung cancer and reduce unnecessary follow-up imaging or invasive procedures. [Table: see text]

A randomized study of fluorescence bronchoscopy versus white-light bronchoscopy for early detection of lung cancer in high risk patients

Lung Cancer ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 244-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.C Kennedy ◽  
F.R Hirsch ◽  
Y.E Miller ◽  
S Prindiville ◽  
J.R Murphy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
White Light ◽  
Randomized Study ◽  
High Risk Patients ◽  
Risk Patients

INSIDE INDUSTRY

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (01) ◽  
pp. 39-47
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Lung Cancer Risk ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Cigarette Smokers ◽  
Tunnel Vision ◽  
Lower Lung ◽  
Investment Agreement

Streamlining the Laboratories of Today for Success. Bayer and NUS Enterprise Launch “Grants4Apps Singapore” to Drive Health Tech Innovations across Asia Pacific. New Approaches for Cervical Cancer Treatment Being Studied in Singapore. Arterial Tunnel Vision: Computer Tomography Provides a Clearer View of Blood Vessel Interiors. Regular Use of Ibuprofen May Lower Lung Cancer Risk Among High-Risk Subgroups of Cigarette Smokers. Free Trade & Investment Agreement Threatens Public Health.

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