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Screening is NOT useful in which of the following carcinomas?
Screening is NOT useful in which of the following carcinomas?
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Which of these is an uncommon malignancy with no validated population screening test?
Updated On: Jun 23, 2026
- Carcinoma prostate
- Carcinoma colon
- Carcinoma breast
- Testicular tumor
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The Correct Option is D
Solution and Explanation
Clinical pearl: screening works only for cancers that are common, slow to surface, and have a cheap reliable test, so eliminate the ones that clearly meet this.
Breast cancer is screened with mammography, so it is out. Colorectal cancer is screened with stool tests (FOBT, FIT, fecal DNA) and endoscopy (sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy), so it is out. Prostate cancer uses PSA and the digital rectal examination, so it is out.
That leaves testicular tumor. It is a relatively rare cancer, mainly of young men, and no organization recommends a population level screening test for it; even routine self examination is not advised as formal screening. With no validated screening pathway, testicular tumor is the answer.
Take home: of the four, only testicular cancer has no recommended screening program.
Breast cancer is screened with mammography, so it is out. Colorectal cancer is screened with stool tests (FOBT, FIT, fecal DNA) and endoscopy (sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy), so it is out. Prostate cancer uses PSA and the digital rectal examination, so it is out.
That leaves testicular tumor. It is a relatively rare cancer, mainly of young men, and no organization recommends a population level screening test for it; even routine self examination is not advised as formal screening. With no validated screening pathway, testicular tumor is the answer.
Take home: of the four, only testicular cancer has no recommended screening program.
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