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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
Increasing colorectal cancer screening
Perhaps more so than other preventive care, colorectal cancer screening has an infamous reputation. ... To examine status quo bias in the setting of colorectal cancer screening, Dr.
January 2019
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
June 2021
QD: News Every Day--Mailed outreach, noninvasive options boost colon cancer screening
Mailed outreach invitations resulted in higher colorectal cancer screening compared with usual care, according to a study. ... Authors wrote, “FIT outreach tripled colorectal cancer screening rates, and colonoscopy outreach doubled the rates compared
June 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.
June 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%.
June 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.
June 2021
Who could be against ovarian cancer screening?
Who could be against ovarian cancer screening? The United States Preventive Services Task Force issued a recommendation against ovarian cancer screening. ... 3) Isn't all screening for cancer (that might catch cancer early enough to be successfully
June 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
June 2021
Breast cancer screening: of chances and choices
But today, I am on a different mission; today's topic is breast cancer screening. ... Whatever the net effects of breast cancer screening, they should be distributed equitably.
June 2021