Screening mammography may not decrease overall mortality in women ages 40-59
Image: PD 1. A 5 year mammography screening program did not result in a difference in mortality compared to breast ...
Tag: cancer screening
USPSTF recommends lung cancer screening in high risk patients
Image: PD 1. Adults between the ages of 55 to 80 years, who have a 30 pack-year smoking history and ...
Prospective analysis supports current colorectal cancer screening guidelines
Image: PD 1. Colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy were associated with lower incidences of distal colorectal cancer and death from colorectal cancer. ...
Fecal occult-blood testing linked with reduction in colorectal-cancer mortality
Image: PD 1. Across a 30-year follow-up period, annual and biennial fecal occult-blood testing groups had a risk of death ...
Lung cancer screening with low-dose CT most effective for those at high risk
Image: PD 1. Individuals at high risk of lung cancer stand to benefit from screening with low-dose CT, whereas those ...
Biennial mammography confers increased specificity for cancer screening
Image: PD 1. Among women aged 50-74 years old, biennial mammography screenings resulted in less false-positives and similar risk of ...
Researchers improve lung cancer risk model by incorporating more risk factors
Feb 21st - Published today in NEJM, the PLCOM2012 model is more sensitive than current criteria for predicting lung cancer. ...
