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NEWS ABOUT: cancer screening

cancer screening stories: 9 news summaries

Cancer Experts Worried About Screening

American Cancer Society to warn of risks as well as benefits

Oct 21, 09 1:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The American Cancer Society is rethinking its advice on screening for breast and prostate cancer amid studies showing that the tests can miss the deadliest forms of the disease, and in some cases lead to dangerous, unnecessary treatment. The society is working on a new message stressing that cancer screening... More »

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cancer • breast cancer • prostate cancer • American Cancer Society • mammogram • cancer screening • women's issues

Mammograms May Lead to Overtreatment: Study

But screening can't determine danger; many treated unnecessarily

Jul 10, 09 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - One-third of breast cancers that show up on mammograms may be essentially harmless, meaning that treating every tumor causes unnecessary trauma, a five-nation study suggests. A mammogram doesn't reveal whether a cancer is lethal or harmless, so all get treated when some could be merely monitored, the BBC reports. The... More »

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cancer • breast cancer • cancer treatment • mammogram • cancer screening • British Medical Journal

 Study May Help 
 Mastectomy 
 Dilemma 

Research identifies factors likely to imperil second breast

Jan 27, 09 10:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Researchers alarmed by a spike in potentially unnecessary double mastectomies have identified three risk factors that might help breast cancer patients make better decisions about whether to have a healthy breast removed, the Houston Chronicle reports. The research was motivated by an earlier study that revealed 80% of women who... More »

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breast cancer • preventative medicine • medical research • cancer treatment • cancer screening • cancer prevention • double mastectomy • elective surgery

Black-White Cancer Death Gap Persists

Colorectal disease rate falls overall, but racial disparity grows

Dec 15, 08 4:41 PM CST
(Newser) - Even as instances of colorectal cancer in the US decrease, the gap between whites and blacks is growing, new research shows. Black men and women are 45% more likely to die from the disease than whites, HealthDay reports. While rates are lower for both white and black men, the difference... More »

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colorectal cancer • cancer screening • cancer prevention • African-Americans • racial gap

 Breast Cancer 
 May Vanish 
 Without Chemo 

Fewer cancers found in women screened less often

Nov 25, 08 4:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Breast cancer goes into spontaneous remission far more often than had been believed, a new study has discovered. Researchers found that a fifth more cancers were found in women screened every two years than in a group screened once in six years, leading them to conclude that many cancers may... More »

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cancer • breast cancer • chemotherapy • mammogram • cancer screening • cancer prevention

OPINION

Don't Be Fooled: Prostate Cancer Screening Is Key

Guidelines against
PSA testing
could cost lives

Aug 26, 08 11:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - A national task force’s recent warning against prostate cancer screenings in some men could put their lives at risk, cautions physician and researcher William J. Catalona in the Washington Post. “It's important to note that consideration was not given to the overwhelming body of emerging evidence that screening... More »

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prostate cancer • American Cancer Society • cancer screening • PSA • American Urological Association • prostate-specific antigen

OPINION

New Cancer Scan Promising, But Much Testing Remains

Dramatic decrease in mortality rate is contested by scientists

Apr 24, 08 5:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - A study claiming to dramatically reduce the risk of lung-cancer death is the object of intense scientific debate, Philip Boffey writes in the New York Times. Researchers screened asymptomatic smokers with spiral CT scans, which are more sensitive than the traditional chest X-ray. They estimate 92% of those found to... More »

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lung cancer • medical research • tumors • cancer screening • cancer prevention • spiral CT scans • chest X-ray

Upbeat Cancer Research Funded by Big Tobacco

Cigarette bucks paid for controversial lung cancer study

Mar 26, 08 3:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tobacco money paid for research that said CT scans could prevent 80% of lung cancer deaths, the New York Times reports. The news has shocked cancer researchers, who are generally loathe to have anything to do with cigarette companies. “If you’re using blood money, you need to tell... More »

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lung cancer • CT scans • smoking • cigarettes • cancer research • tobacco companies • cancer screening • conflict of interest

DNA Test to Predict Cancer Risk

$300 test: a blessing or a curse?

Jan 17, 08 12:23 PM CST
(Newser) - A DNA test that can help predict a man's risk of developing prostate cancer is expected to be available later this year for as little as $300. It's the first glimpse of what's likely to be a revolution in medical testing to provide patients a window into their possible future.... More »

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prostate cancer • DNA • Harvard School of Public Health • Wake Forest University School of Medicine • ProActive Genetics • Karolinska Institute • Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions • cancer screening

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