Researchers used electronic health records to identify Group Health patients who weren't screened regularly for cancer of the colon and rectum—and to encourage them to be screened. This centralized, automated approach doubled ...
Mar 4, 2013
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In the last few decades, dozens of new breast cancer drugs—from chemotherapies to targeted compounds—have become available for clinical use, and mammogram technology has gone from film to digital. But are the changes ...
Jan 9, 2018
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Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm—swelling of the major artery in the abdomen, which can cause sudden death if it ruptures—may not substantially reduce deaths from the condition, according to a Swedish cohort study ...
Jun 15, 2018
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A new study examined whether PSA screening rates would vary substantially among primary care physicians (PCPs) and if the variance would depend on which PCP patients used.
Oct 15, 2013
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Clinicians say timely and accurate screenings can facilitate early detection of and reduced death rates from cancer. However, for those age 65 and older, current guidelines for deciding if cancer screenings should be done ...
Jun 24, 2021
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The UK is set to roll out a national lung cancer screening program for people aged 55 to 74 with a history of smoking. The idea is to catch lung cancer at an early stage when it is more treatable.
Jul 3, 2023
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The Taiwan National Lung Cancer Early Detection Program detected 85% of lung cancer cases at either a phase 0 or phase 1 level, demonstrating that lung cancer screening can detect lung cancer at an early enough phase to allow ...
Sep 11, 2023
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Increasing colorectal cancer screening rates to 80% by 2018 would prevent an additional 21,000 colorectal cancer deaths per year by 2030, according to a new study. The study is the first to estimate the public health benefits ...
Mar 12, 2015
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In looking at the broader impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health and wellbeing, public health experts are examining screening rates for cancer. A new study looking at U.S. mammography screening rates during the first five ...
Mar 31, 2021
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Lung cancer is the most lethal cancer in the United States. According to the National Cancer Institute, lung cancer causes more than 150,000 deaths annually and has a survival rate of 16 percent. More Americans die of lung ...
Apr 10, 2012
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