Oncology & Cancer
Ovarian cancer is hard to detect—focusing on these four symptoms can help with diagnosis
Ovarian cancers are often found when they are already advanced and hard to treat.
Aug 18, 2024
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News tagged with screening
Health
False-positive mammograms discourage some women from future screenings
Early detection of breast cancer through mammography screening continues to save lives. However, abnormal findings on mammograms can lead to women being recalled for additional imaging and biopsies, many of which turn out ...
Sep 2, 2024
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Cardiology
Too much time watching screens in 20s raises heart attack risk, warn experts
Spend your youth glued to your phone, computer and TV and you cut your odds of making it to 60, a new study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine warns.
Aug 24, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Alternative criteria can ID high-benefit groups for lung cancer screening
Simple alternative criteria for lung cancer screening (LCS) can identify high-benefit groups, especially among certain racial and ethnic-minority groups, according to a study published online Aug. 20 in the Annals of Internal ...
Aug 20, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
New study supports annual breast cancer screening for women over 40
Women diagnosed with breast cancer who had regular screening mammograms every year were less likely to have late-stage cancer and had higher overall survival than those who received screening every other year or less often, ...
Aug 26, 2024
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Health
How new FDA rules on breast density could affect mammogram results
In September 2024, new guidelines from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will require that all women receive information about their breast density following a mammogram.
Aug 20, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Study finds breast cancer screening attendance helps boost other cancer screenings
Offering self-sampling kits to women overdue for cervical cancer (CC) or colorectal cancer (CRC) screening when they attend breast cancer (BC) screening can result in increased screening participation, according to a study ...
Aug 15, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Redesigning the diagnostic screening process for colorectal cancer
During recent decades, the incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) has been rising globally and its prevalence in Singapore is no exception.
Aug 30, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Study identifies ways to reduce cancer risk among LGBTQIA+ people
Socioeconomic status, provider-patient relationships and rural living environments have been found to affect cancer screening behaviors for people LBGTQIA+ individuals, according to a recent study from Callie Kluitenberg ...
Aug 15, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
miR-10b inhibition: A strategy for treating metastatic breast cancer
A new research paper was published in Oncotarget, titled "Inhibition of miR-10b treats metastatic breast cancer by targeting stem cell-like properties."
Aug 28, 2024
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Screening
Screening, in general, is the investigation of a great number of something (for instance, people) looking for those with a particular problem or feature. One example is at an airport, where many bags get x-rayed to try to detect any which may contain weapons or explosives. People are also screened going through a metal detector. Even though the procedure aims at a large number of screens, it is always equivalent to sampling in statistics, because the complete population is almost always inaccessible for screening.
Screening has other, more specific meanings:
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