Good cardiorespiratory fitness when young is associated with up to a 40% lower risk of developing 9 specific cancers later on—at least in men—suggests a large long term study published online in the British Journal of ...
Aug 15, 2023
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Breast cancer is one of the most common and deadly types of cancer, and the best outcomes stem from early detection. But some screening techniques may be less effective for people with darker skin.
May 9, 2023
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A new study by Indiana University School of Medicine and the Regenstrief Institute provides the strongest evidence to date to support recommendations that average risk patients can safely opt for an annual, easy-to-use home ...
Feb 25, 2019
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A deep learning algorithm accurately predicts the risk of death from cardiovascular disease using information from low-dose CT exams performed for lung cancer screening, according to a study published in Radiology: Cardiothoracic ...
Apr 15, 2021
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Healthy women over the age of 75 years might not benefit from continuing breast cancer screening. Researchers used data from the Medicare program to estimate the risk of breast cancer mortality under two strategies: continuing ...
Feb 25, 2020
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Researchers at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital in Beijing, China, have developed a new ovarian cancer screening technique. In a paper, "Profiling the metabolome of uterine fluid ...
What these doctors say about breast cancer screening and treatment may surprise you.
Oct 12, 2017
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Regenstrief Research Scientist Jennifer K. Maratt, M.D., M.S., co-authored a commentary in Gastroenterology about the benefits of gene-specific surveillance colonoscopy strategies for Lynch Syndrome, an inherited syndrome ...
Nov 2, 2021
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Smoking is strongly linked to lower use of cancer screening services by women, and more advanced disease once cancer is diagnosed, reveals research published in the online journal BMJ Open.
Aug 13, 2020
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After differences in implementation and settings were accounted for, two important prostate cancer screening trials provide compatible evidence that screening reduces prostate cancer mortality. These findings suggest that ...
Sep 5, 2017
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