Advances in Diagnostic Imaging and Overestimations of Disease Prevalence and the Benefits of Therapy

Abnormal magnetic-resonance scans of the cervical spine in asymptomatic subjects. A prospective investigation.

1990 • 2,436 citations

Abnormal magnetic-resonance scans of the lumbar spine in asymptomatic subjects. A prospective investigation.

1990 • 1,965 citations

The Will Rogers Phenomenon

1985 • 1,512 citations

Dorland??s Illustrated Medical Dictionary

1957 • 1,375 citations

Mammographic screening and mortality from breast cancer: the Malmo mammographic screening trial.

1988 • 935 citations

Occult papillary carcinoma of the thyroid. A “normal” finding in finland. A systematic autopsy study

1985 • 931 citations

Randomized versus historical controls for clinical trials

1982 • 833 citations

Prostate Cancer Detection in a Clinical Urological Practice by Ultrasonography, Digital Rectal Examination and Prostate Specific Antigen

1990 • 767 citations

Evidence on screening for breast cancer from a randomized trial

1977 • 580 citations

Periodic mammographic follow-up of probably benign lesions: results in 3,184 consecutive cases.

1991 • 541 citations

Screening in chronic disease

1993 • 451 citations

The positive predictive value of mammography.

1992 • 424 citations

Progress against Cancer?

1986 • 420 citations

Breast cancer and atypia among young and middle-aged women: a study of 110 medicolegal autopsies

1987 • 411 citations

Renal cell carcinoma: earlier discovery and increased detection.

1989 • 364 citations

The Cascade Effect in the Clinical Care of Patients

1986 • 336 citations

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1980 • 329 citations

Unexpected High Prevalence of Silent Pulmonary Embolism in Patients with Deep Venous Thrombosis

1989 • 308 citations

The small (less than or equal to 3.0 cm) renal parenchymal tumor: detection, diagnosis, and controversies.

1991 • 297 citations

Lung cancer detection results of a randomized prospective study in Czechoslovakia

1986 • 290 citations

Survival and Mortality from Lung Cancer in a Screened Population

1986 • 280 citations

Abdominal aortic aneurysm in 4237 screened patients: Prevalence, development and management over 6 years

1991 • 280 citations

Prostate cancer: comparison of transrectal US and digital rectal examination for screening.

1988 • 274 citations

Lack of benefit from semi‐annual screening for cancer of the lung: Follow‐up report of a randomized controlled trial on a population of high‐risk males in czechoslovakia

1990 • 265 citations

CHANGING INCIDENCE OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS: A POPULATION-BASED STUDY

1984 • 247 citations

Probabilities of Eventually Developing or Dying of Cancer--United States, 1985

1985 • 241 citations

The Prevalence of Cancer

1986 • 218 citations

Adenocarcinoma of the prostate in cystoprostatectomy specimens removed for bladder cancer

1989 • 200 citations

Medical audit of a rapid-throughput mammography screening practice: methodology and results of 27,114 examinations.

1990 • 174 citations

Increased detection of intracranial metastases with intravenous Gd-DTPA.

1987 • 149 citations

The Incidence of Benign Renal Nodules (A Clinicopathologic Study)

1971 • 145 citations

Improvement in mammography interpretation skills in a community radiology practice after dedicated teaching courses: 2-year medical audit of 38,633 cases.

1992 • 144 citations

Meniscal abnormalities in the asymptomatic population at MR imaging.

1990 • 129 citations

Some Pitfalls in the Evaluation of Screening Programs

1969 • 121 citations

Evaluation of the Increase in Breast Cancer Incidence in Relation to Mammography Use

1990 • 121 citations

Liver metastasis detection: comparative sensitivities of MR imaging and CT scanning.

1987 • 111 citations

Outcome analysis of patients with normal compression US examinations.

1990 • 87 citations

Is earlier diagnosis really better? The misleading effects of lead time and length biases.

1990 • 59 citations

Unrecognized Renal Cell Carcinoma

1981 • 42 citations

Breast cancer survival among women under age 50: is mammography detrimental?

1992 • 42 citations

Biopsy of occult breast lesions. Analysis of 1261 abnormalities

1990 • 36 citations

Lung Cancer Screening

1986 • 33 citations

The Prevalence of Asymptomatic Gallstones in the General Population

1991 • 32 citations

Results of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Study in Screening for Early Lung Cancer

1986 • 23 citations

Selective screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms with physical examination and ultrasound

1988 • 15 citations

Sensitivity of mammography and physical examination of the breast for detecting breast cancer

1979 • 12 citations

Book Reviews : Decision Making in Imaging, BY LAURENCE R. KUHNS, JOHN R. THORNBURY, AND DENNIS G. FRYBACK. Chicago: Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc., 1989. cloth, $149.95; pp. 836

1990 • 1 citations