All women need mammograms beginning at age 40, expert panel says
All women should start getting mammograms every other year beginning at age 40, the nation's top panel of preventive health experts announced Tuesday.
Apr 30, 2024
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All women should start getting mammograms every other year beginning at age 40, the nation's top panel of preventive health experts announced Tuesday.
Apr 30, 2024
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A national study led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and The University of New Mexico (UNM) Comprehensive Cancer Center found major gaps in breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening ...
Apr 29, 2024
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Health care cost and access are not the only barriers women face in getting lifesaving mammograms, a new government report finds.
Apr 9, 2024
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There is a lot going on within the field of breast cancer research. A new AI tool is trying to fine-tune the screening program, another one is helping pathologists make diagnoses. New drugs are approved. This could save more ...
Mar 22, 2024
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Interval breast cancer is one that appears between two reviews of a screening program. That is, it is diagnosed after a test whose result was negative and before the next evaluation. For obvious reasons, it is a very reliable ...
Mar 19, 2024
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Several studies have described the distinct ways the COVID-19 pandemic adversely impacted cancer care, but less is known about the specific ways the pandemic disrupted breast cancer, the most common non-skin cancer diagnosed ...
Mar 14, 2024
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Surviving childhood cancer does not always mean a clean bill of health, as the treatments that eradicate those cancers can put adult survivors at risk of new cancers and other serious health problems. Despite the existence ...
Mar 11, 2024
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Annual breast cancer screening beginning at age 40 and continuing to at least age 79 results in the highest reduction in mortality with minimal risks, according to a new study published in Radiology.
Feb 20, 2024
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Wellness visits and preventive health screenings have not returned to prepandemic levels, according to a study published online Feb. 2 in JAMA Health Forum.
Feb 3, 2024
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Women who are diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) outside the NHS breast screening program are around four times as likely to develop invasive breast cancer and to die from breast cancer than women in the general ...
Jan 24, 2024
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