According to new research from Boston Medical Center, younger women aged 21–39 are more likely to be over-screened for cervical cancer, while older women aged 50–64 are more likely to be under or unscreened. Of those ...
Oct 6, 2022
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A review of 33 organ-specific cancer screening guidelines has found that the reporting of harms related to screening tests and procedures is inconsistent across cancer types and at each stage of the screening process. The ...
Sep 27, 2022
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It's been a year since national recommendations issued by the American Cancer Society and the U.S. Multi-Society Task Force called for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening to be lowered to include individuals ages 45 to 49 at ...
Sep 22, 2022
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Last week, actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney released a video of themselves getting colonoscopies to encourage others to undergo screening. The procedure detected polyps in the two men, both aged 45.
Sep 21, 2022
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Three-quarters of people prefer to do a fecal immunochemical test (FIT) rather than a colonoscopy for their regular colorectal cancer screening, according to a new Cedars-Sinai study.
Sep 13, 2022
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Blood tests—simple, noninvasive and economically feasible—promise to become the next major milestone in cancer diagnosis. However, most of these tests, dubbed liquid biopsies, are currently not reliable enough for widespread ...
Sep 8, 2022
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Are would-be parents carrying a genetic risk of serious illnesses that they could potentially pass on to their children? In the U.S., doctors recommend that couples have genetic screening before trying to conceive. Researchers ...
Aug 30, 2022
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Annual screenings of patients at high risk for lung cancer can catch tumors early and improve a patient's long-term prognosis. However, low-dose computer tomography (LDCT) has a high false-positive rate that can lead to unnecessary ...
Jul 13, 2022
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More than 11,000 bowel cancer deaths could be prevented by simply sending an additional invitation to people who have not yet been screened, a new study by the University of Sheffield has found.
Jul 5, 2022
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Changes in drawing traits have been reported in people with early-stage cognitive impairments, but most studies have used a single drawing task only. In a study published recently in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, researchers ...
Jun 29, 2022
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