Preventive Care
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Age, race impact prostate cancer risk
Major Finding: Men aged 75 years or older accounted for 12% of the population, but for 24% of intermediate-risk and 26% of high-risk disease.Data...
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Screen asymptomatic siblings of CRC patients
Major Finding: The prevalence of advanced colorectal neoplasms was approximately three times higher among siblings of colorectal cancer patients (...
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Job stress not linked with cancer risk
Major Finding: Job stress was not significantly associated with colorectal cancer (HR, 1.16), breast cancer (HR, 0.97), lung cancer (HR, 1.17), or...
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Smoking ups mortality threefold
Major Finding: Smokers are three times more likely to die than nonsmokers, with nearly all of the excess deaths directly attributable to smoking....
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Risk of anal cancer is high in HIV-infected people
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Cancer deaths declined 20% since 1991
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ACS weighs in on CT screens for lung cancer
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More women receiving Pap tests as recommended
Major Finding: Between 2000 and 2010, the percentage of women aged 18-21 years who reported never having a Pap test increased from 26.3% to 47.5%....
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Diabetes confers 27% increase in breast cancer risk
Major Finding: Diabetes is associated with a 27% increased risk of breast cancer, with the elevated risk restricted to postmenopausal women with...
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Studies put kibosh on statins for breast cancer prevention
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Screening Cuts Breast Cancer Deaths by 20%
Major Finding: For every 10,000 U.K.