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Secondary Prevention
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Action taken to detect a disease early, often before symptoms appear, so it can be treated while still manageable: cancer screening and blood pressure checks are secondary prevention. It sits between primary prevention, which acts before disease begins, and tertiary prevention, which manages an established condition.
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First Described EraSourced to the subject's own account1940s; coined within the levels of prevention framework developed by Hugh R. Leavell and E. Gurney Clark, which secondary prevention extends to early detection and prompt treatment of disease already present but not yet symptomatic. 1 Concept Class Cross-Tradition Connections
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Screening asymptomatic populations for early disease is a textbook example of secondary prevention.
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