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newly diagnosed

English translation: very recently diagnosed

14:39 Oct 29, 2012
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Pharmaceuticals
English term or phrase: newly diagnosed
G'day everyone

What does "newly diagnosed" mean? What is the essential thing that causes a "newly diagnosed" person to be no longer "newly diagnosed"? If a clinical study is limited to patients who are "newly diagnosed" with disease X, what does that mean? Does it mean "diagnosed recently" or does it perhaps mean "diagnosed for the first time" or does it perhaps mean "rediagnosed", or perhaps something else?

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Samuel Murray
Netherlands
Local time: 03:30
Selected answer:very recently diagnosed
Explanation:
and probably for the first time.

As this is still a subjective term, I would imagine that a scientific study woule define these parameters better within the paper itself, i.e. "newly diagnosed means the diagnosis should be dated no more than x days from the beginning of the study" or some such thing.
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Shera Lyn Parpia
Italy
Local time: 03:30
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4 +4very recently diagnosed
Shera Lyn Parpia
4 -1treatment-naive
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very recently diagnosed


Explanation:
and probably for the first time.

As this is still a subjective term, I would imagine that a scientific study woule define these parameters better within the paper itself, i.e. "newly diagnosed means the diagnosis should be dated no more than x days from the beginning of the study" or some such thing.

Shera Lyn Parpia
Italy
Local time: 03:30
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  jccantrell: Yep, for the first time and recently, I'd say. From then on, it would just be added notes on the chart. Rediagnosed would show up as a recurrence of the condition, not 'newly diagnosed,' imo.
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agree  Colin Rowe
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agree  Michael Barnett: Yes, your explanation is perfect. The term is used for chronic conditions.
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agree  Lirka
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
treatment-naive


Explanation:

The significance of being newly diagnosed is not strictly connected with the amount of time which has passed since diagnosis but with the fact that the patient has not previously been treated/received drugs for the condition concerned.


Peter Nicholson (X)
Poland
Local time: 03:30
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PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Lirka: that's something else entirely
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