Oncology & Cancer
Is MRI the 'mammography' of prostate cancer screening?
(HealthDay)—MRI screening might greatly reduce overdiagnosis and overtreatment of prostate cancer in older men, a preliminary study suggests.
Mar 27, 2017
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News tagged with screening tests
Oncology & Cancer
Detecting lung cancer early
A person's blood reveals whether he or she has lung cancer: this has been demonstrated by researchers at the University of Bonn. In collaboration with colleagues at the Cologne University Hospital, they are developing a blood ...
May 16, 2011
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Group B strep and having a baby: what pregnant women need to know
Group B streptococcal (GBS) is a common bacteria that likes to live in the human gut and migrate down the rectum, vagina and sometimes to the urinary tract. Not everyone has GBS but even if you do, you might not know it; ...
May 29, 2020
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HIV & AIDS
Young adults, teens prefer rapid HIV testing
Teens and young adults prefer rapid HIV testing that can deliver results in less than an hour, but some still worry about whether their tests will be confidential, according to a new study published online in the Journal ...
May 17, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
New prostate cancer test advice overturns dogma
(AP) -- Men finally may be getting a clearer message about undergoing PSA screening for prostate cancer: Don't do it.
Oct 7, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Annual cervical cancer screening persists, despite recommended guidelines
Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have determined that the majority of primary care providers continue to recommend annual cervical cancer screening, and less than 15% would extend the ...
Aug 18, 2011
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Perfect pitch: Knowing the note may be in your genes
People with perfect pitch seem to possess their own inner pitch pipe, allowing them to sing a specific note without first hearing a reference tone. This skill has long been associated with early and extensive musical training, ...
Oct 23, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
New blood test combined with image-based prostate cancer screening reduces harm and costs
The combination of a novel blood test and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can reduce overdiagnosis of low-risk cancers as well as societal costs in prostate cancer screening, according to a cost-effectiveness study from ...
Jan 28, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
New blood test for colon cancer improves colonoscopy screening results
Canadian researchers have found a way to screen blood samples for molecular traces that indicate the presence of precancerous polyps in the colon, a key warning sign for colon cancer. Their results, published this week in ...
Aug 24, 2015
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Genetics
Discovery of gene fusion in ovarian cancer could lead to earlier diagnoses
About 15 percent of cases of an aggressive, difficult-to-detect form of ovarian cancer contain a unique fusion between two neighboring, normally separate genes, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. ...
Sep 20, 2011
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