Psychology & Psychiatry

Task force recommends anxiety screening for all adults under 65

In what amounts to a public acknowledgement that anxiety disorders have run rampant during the pandemic, an influential expert panel is recommending for the first time that all American adults under the age of 65 be screened ...

Oncology & Cancer

AI assistance may improve accuracy of breast cancer screening

A decision-referral approach could leverage the strengths of both the radiologist and artificial intelligence to improve the diagnostic capability for breast cancer screening, according to a study published in the July issue ...

Oncology & Cancer

The effect of breast cancer screening is declining

Screening for breast cancer has a cost. This is shown by a Danish/Norwegian study, published in the European Journal of Public Health, that analyzed 10,580 breast cancer deaths among Norwegian women aged 50 to 75 years.

Oncology & Cancer

'Structural racism' cited in study of breast-biopsy delays

Black and Asian women are more likely than white women to experience significant delays in getting breast biopsies after a mammogram identifies an abnormality. Moreover, those delays appear to be influenced by screening site-specific ...

Oncology & Cancer

3D mammography technique benefits some women, not all

For many women, breast cancer screening with a three-dimensional imaging technique called digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) may not offer advantages over digital mammography, but for some it may reduce the chance of an advanced ...

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