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- adjective medicine relating to the early stages of a
disease , before allsymptoms havedeveloped and therefore accuratediagnosis is not possible
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- adjective of or relating to the early phases of a disease when accurate diagnosis is not possible because symptoms of the disease have not yet appeared
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Examples
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To provide genetic testing and interpretation of test results at the request of physicians or genetic counselors for the purpose of disease diagnosis, carrier status determination, risk assessment, prenatal testing, or presymptomatic testing
Laboratory Rotation 2010
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Suppose a new test has been invented in the laboratory to detect an early, presymptomatic stage of a particular form of cancer, say, the level of a protein secreted by cancer cells into the serum.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Some tumors are inherently benign, genetically determined to never reach the fully malignant state; and some tumors are intrinsically aggressive, and intervention at even an early, presymptomatic stage might make no difference to the prognosis of a patient.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Suppose a new test has been invented in the laboratory to detect an early, presymptomatic stage of a particular form of cancer, say, the level of a protein secreted by cancer cells into the serum.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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In secondary prevention also called screening, a disease is prevented by screening for its early, presymptomatic stage.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Some tumors are inherently benign, genetically determined to never reach the fully malignant state; and some tumors are intrinsically aggressive, and intervention at even an early, presymptomatic stage might make no difference to the prognosis of a patient.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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But if a microscope could detect a presymptomatic state in scraped-off cervical tissue, then could another means of “seeing” cancer detect an early lesion in another cancer-afflicted organ?
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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With this trove of information in hand, patients will be able to ask presymptomatic questions to minimize their risk of developing disease.
The $1,000 Genome Kevin Davies 2010
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In secondary prevention also called screening, a disease is prevented by screening for its early, presymptomatic stage.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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But if a microscope could detect a presymptomatic state in scraped-off cervical tissue, then could another means of “seeing” cancer detect an early lesion in another cancer-afflicted organ?
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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