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Cancer Screening
Breast, colorectal, cervical, lung, prostate—eligibility, intervals, and tools.
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Shorter radiation regimen matches prostate cancer control, but raises side-effect concerns
2+ hour, 4+ min ago (697+ words) Prostate cancer patients whose disease returns at the biochemical level after surgery may be able to undergo seven fewer radiation treatments without a significant difference in cancer control, although the shorter regimen was associated with more gastrointestinal side effects, a…...
Portable Ultrasound System Could Make Breast Imaging More Accessible, Study Finds
4+ hour, 12+ min ago (818+ words) For people at high risk of developing breast cancer, yearly mammograms may not be enough to detect tumors early. To make earlier diagnosis easier, an MIT team has developed portable detectors based on ultrasound, which could be used much more…...
Specialized PET Imaging Outperforms Biopsies in Detecting Prostate Cancer, Vienna Study Finds
1+ hour, 40+ min ago (122+ words) Specialized imaging could accurately identify the vast majority of clinically significant prostate cancers without invasive tissue biopsies, new research finds. By filtering out patients who are unlikely to have aggressive disease, the PSMA-PET/CT scan could drastically reduce the volume…...
Feeling healthy? Don’t skip the mammogram
3+ hour, 27+ min ago (617+ words) Members of the Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital breast imaging team include (from left) Dr. Catherine Grey Kasper, a breast radiologist; Jamie Vannorsdall, ultrasound technologist; and Angi Linde, lead mammographer. SEBASTIAN — Feeling healthy and having no family history of breast…...
Why mammograms matter
3+ hour, 57+ min ago (264+ words) A radiologist uses a magnifying glass to check mammograms for breast cancer in Los Angeles. A screening mammogram is performed when a woman has no breast cancer symptoms. Images of the breast are taken and evaluated for abnormalities. About 10 out…...
New prostate cancer imaging outperforms biopsies for diagnosis
3+ hour, 51+ min ago (11+ words) The Seattle Times...
Fewer Radiation Sessions Work as Well for Recurrent Prostate Cancer
6+ hour, 57+ min ago (177+ words) Asan Medical Center, Samsung Medical Center Teams Compare 316 Patients Cutting Sessions From 33 to 26 Yields Similar Four-Year Control Some Gastrointestinal Side Effects Rise; Rectal Protection Matters Cutting the number of radiation sessions by about 20% for prostate cancer patients who show signs…...
Record year for breast screening as women urged to book
5+ hour, 35+ min ago (597+ words) Almost 390,000 women had a breast screen through BreastScreen NSW in the past year, the highest 12-month total on record. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, with a focus on women who are due for screening rather than putting it off....
Campaigners set to gather outside Leinster House & call on Minister to make breast density results public
11+ hour, 30+ min ago (412+ words) WOMEN and their families from across Ireland along will gather at Leinster House next week to call for standardised breast density reporting. Members from Lobular Breast Cancer Ireland will hold a briefing session with TDs and Senators in Leinster House…...
Binay Shah: Scoping Review Explores Whether Newer HPV Tests Can Close the Cervical Cancer Screening Gap
14+ hour ago (128+ words) Binay Shah, President of the Binaytara, shared on LinkedIn: “Over 90% of cervical cancer deaths happen in LMICs. Often the cause is simply that screening never reaches the woman. Our Binaytara Cancer Research Institute team just published a scoping review on…...