Cancer screening has never been shown to 'save lives,' argue experts
Cancer screening has never been shown to "save lives" as advocates claim, argue experts in The BMJ today.
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Cancer screening has never been shown to "save lives" as advocates claim, argue experts in The BMJ today.
Jan 7, 2016
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An international collaboration jointly led by University College Dublin (UCD) and Monash University in Melbourne has found that mimicking the activity of molecules found naturally in the body may provide a new approach to ...
Oct 1, 2018
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Vitamin C and E supplements may blunt the improvement of muscular endurance – by disrupting cellular adaptions in exercised muscles – suggests a new study published today in The Journal of Physiology.
Feb 2, 2014
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Researchers from St. Michael's Hospital have made what are believed to be two world first discoveries: an MRI can measure kidney damage and can predict future kidney function within one year while avoiding needle biopsies.
Aug 30, 2017
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For years, surgery for patients with stage III melanoma—melanoma that has spread to the lymph nodes—involved removing those lymph nodes along with the primary tumor. Known as completion lymph node dissection (CLND), the ...
Mar 4, 2022
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Blood samples can be just as effective as invasive tissue biopsies in monitoring cancer and can help doctors better prescribe treatment, a study revealed Saturday.
Jun 4, 2016
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A new clinical study will test for the first time if MRI scans can be used for population screening to detect prostate cancer more accurately. The current prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test is considered too unreliable ...
Apr 4, 2018
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Biomedical engineers have grown the first functioning human skeletal muscle from induced pluripotent stem cells.
Jan 9, 2018
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Artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to identify thyroid nodules seen on thyroid ultrasound that are very unlikely to be cancerous, reducing a large number of unnecessary biopsies, according to a new study being presented ...
Jun 11, 2022
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(HealthDay)—The most common complication of prostate biopsy is infection, with mild bleeding also reported, according to an update of the American Urological Association White Paper published in the August issue of The ...
Jul 26, 2017
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