Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Diagnosis

Diagnosis is the process of identifying the disease or condition responsible for a patient's signs, symptoms, and test results, integrating clinical evaluation with laboratory, imaging, and pathological data. Accurate and timely diagnosis underpins appropriate treatment, prognosis, and the avoidance of harm from mis…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 40× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2574-4526 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Diagnosis is the process of identifying the disease or condition responsible for a patient's signs, symptoms, and test results, integrating clinical evaluation with laboratory, imaging, and pathological data. Accurate and timely diagnosis underpins appropriate treatment, prognosis, and the avoidance of harm from missed or incorrect conclusions. A central theme in this area is imaging- and pathology-based diagnosis of tumours, including combined 18F-FDG PET/CT and immunochemical diagnosis of malignant melanoma of the parotid gland, PET/CT diagnosis of gastric adenosquamous carcinoma, and the histopathological characterisation of uncommon lesions. A second strand concerns the diagnosis of gastrointestinal and abdominal disease, including predictors of colon cancer in patients with iron deficiency, MR-enterography and computed-tomography findings in Crohn's disease, and the recognition of acute surgical conditions. A third addresses laboratory and molecular diagnosis, such as testing for immune thrombocytopenia and molecular diagnosis in thyroid cancer, alongside studies of diagnostic disclosure and the recognition of underdiagnosed conditions. Methodologically the field combines imaging, histopathology, laboratory testing, and clinical reasoning, often through case reports and diagnostic studies. By clarifying how diseases are detected, differentiated, and confirmed, diagnostic research improves the accuracy, speed, and appropriateness of clinical decision-making across a wide range of conditions and care settings.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 40 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Diagnosis, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Digestive Disorders And Diagnosis (ISSN 2574-4526).

Journal editorial board
Jonas P. DeMuro · United States Divey Manocha · United States Beata Kasztelan-Szczerbinska · Poland

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