Annual cancer screening may be a thing of the past

Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

Annual cancer tests are becoming a thing of the past. New guidelines out Wednesday for cervical cancer screening have experts at odds over some things, but they are united in the view that the common practice of getting a Pap test every year is too often and probably doing more ...

Annual cancer screening a thing of the past?

Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

Annual cancer tests are becoming a thing of the past. New guidelines out Wednesday for cervical cancer screening have experts at odds over some things, but they are united in the view that the common practice of getting a Pap test every year is too often and probably doing more ...

Why Federal Panel Recommends Against PSA-Based Screening For Prostate Cancer

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

USPSTF (US Preventive Services Task Force) has recommended against PSA-based screening for prostate cancer, what they class as a Grade D recommendation. The task force adds that its recommendations apply to adult American males who have no symptoms which point towards prostate cancer - the recommendation includes any age, family ...

Colon Cancer Initial Screening For Men Should Be Earlier Than For Women, Study

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

New research from Austria finds men have a higher rate of advanced colon cancer tumors than women of the same age and suggests male sex is a risk factor for the disease. The researchers propose this means men should be screened earlier than women, but do not ...

Patients With Fatalistic Attitudes Have Lower Cancer Screening Rates

Friday, September 23rd, 2011

According to a study published in a recent issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, colorectal cancer screening rates among people without financial means remain to be low despite free health care being offered. Psychologists suggest the cause may be an ...