Search results for "Cancer Screening"
Squeezing in the cancer screening talk
We have evidence, and practitioners should use that to improve cancer screening rates. ... Cancer screening is a strategy and a pathway, not just a single test,” he said.
October 2019
ACP issues guidance statement for breast cancer screening of average-risk women with no symptoms | Internal Medicine Meeting 2019 News | ACP Internist
developers. Average-risk women between the ages of 50 and 74 years who have no symptoms for breast cancer should undergo breast cancer screening with mammography every other year, ACP stated ... These ACP guidance statements represent convergence across
April 2019
Mammography
breast cancer death, survival, and cost with annual or biennial mammography screening from age 65 years to ages 75, 80, 85, or 90 years. ... An accompanying editorial noted that by not considering the cost-effectiveness of breast cancer screening and
November 2021
American Cancer Society wants colon cancer screening at age 45
American Cancer Society wants colon cancer screening at age 45. Until last week, colon cancer screening for most folks started at age 50. ... Is it time to make an adjustment? Our colon cancer screening system is not perfect.
November 2021
QD: News Every Day--Colorectal cancer screening improving, yet short of goals
Colorectal cancer screening and changes in risk factors accounted for half the decline in incidence, the authors reported. ... 14.5 per 100,000 population, and increasing the prevalence of colorectal cancer screening to 70.5%.
November 2021
QD: News Every Day-- One-third of doctors overuse MRIs for breast cancer screening
QD: News Every Day-- One-third of doctors overuse MRIs for breast cancer screening. ... The vignettes were randomized to vary the woman’s race, insurance, family history of cancer and request for ovarian cancer screening.
November 2021
Rethink pink: breast cancer screening evidence met politics and lost
Rethink pink: breast cancer screening evidence met politics and lost. The controversy started at exactly 5 p.m. ... Monday, when the Annals of Internal Medicine lifted its embargo on new breast cancer screening recommendations and the rest of the medical
November 2021
No End in Sight for Prostate Cancer Screening
No End in Sight for Prostate Cancer Screening. This post by Kevin Pho, ACP Member, aka KevinMD, appeared at Better Health. ... There's no definitive data that PSA screening saves lives from prostate cancer, and it indeed can lead to further invasive
November 2021
Colorectal screening methods debated
Imperiale said. “We're not just saying, ‘It's time for your colon cancer screening. ... Colonoscopy versus fecal immunochemical testing in colorectal-cancer screening. N Engl J Med.
June 2016
ACP Internist
The age to start and discontinue mammography, screening intervals, the role of imaging methods other than mammography, and the role of clinical breast examination have been points of disagreement among guideline