Oncology & Cancer
Hit reset on cancer screening: 'Tests not perfect'
It turns out that catching cancer early isn't always as important as we thought.
Nov 7, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Annual cancer screening tests urged less and less
Annual cancer tests are becoming a thing of the past. New guidelines out Wednesday for cervical cancer screening have experts at odds over some things, but they are united in the view that the common practice of getting a ...
Oct 19, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Doctors: Pap remains best test for cervical cancer
There's more news on cancer screening tests - this time for women. Scientists advising the government say a Pap test is a good way to screen young and middle-aged women for cervical cancer, and it's only needed once every ...
Oct 17, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Prostate testing's dark side: Men who were harmed
Terry Dyroff's PSA blood test led to a prostate biopsy that didn't find cancer but gave him a life-threatening infection.
Oct 12, 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
Studies examine diet's role in prostate cancer
(Medical Xpress) -- A team of nutrition researchers and urologic surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Siteman Cancer Center is conducting two studies to investigate a potential link between ...
Oct 6, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
New prostate cancer screening test shows promise for diagnosis
A new prostate screening test developed by AnalizaDx, Inc., a Cleveland-based biotech company, and studied by researchers at the Seidman Cancer Center at University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center along with colleagues ...
Aug 15, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Drug shown to significantly improve survival in men with metastatic prostate cancer
The final survival analysis of an international study of a new drug for prostate cancer has found an even greater median survival benefit than previously reported, and has established a new class of treatment for men with ...
Jun 6, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
When rising PSA means prostate cancer is in patient's future
A man's rising PSA (prostate-specific antigen) level over several years – which had been seen as a possible warning sign of prostate cancer – has recently come under fire as a screening test because it sometimes ...
May 18, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
New prostate cancer test more specific, sensitive than PSA test
A new test for prostate cancer that measures levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA) as well as six specific antibodies found in the blood of men with the disease was more sensitive and more specific than the conventional ...
May 16, 2011
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