Preventive Care
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The Cancer Screening Wars
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Screening All Colorectal Tumors Detects Lynch Syndrome Best
Major Finding: Universal screening of colorectal cancers’ DNA for MMR abnormalities had a sensitivity of 100% and a specificity of 93% in...
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Health Care Professionals Tank in Cancer Survey
Major Finding: Only 10% of health professionals and 20% of the public knew that cancer risk increases with age, but while 41% and 32% knew that...
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Breast Cancer Chemoprevention: Hit It Harder
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Labs Find Evidence of Cancer Stem Cells
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Traffic-Related Toxins Linked to Childhood Kidney Cancer
Major Finding: Third-trimester exposure to formaldehyde increased the risk of Wilms tumor by nearly 1.5-fold (OR, 1.43).Data Source: This was a...
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Metformin May Reduce Liver Cancer Risk
Major Finding: Metformin use reduced the risk of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma by nearly 60%, compared with nonmetformin use.
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AMA Delegates Slam PSA, Mammography Screening Recs
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Three Glargine Studies Find No Link to Cancer
Major Finding: When comparing glargine to other insulins, the relative risks for breast, colorectal, and prostate cancer never exceeded 1.6, and...
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Screening Colonoscopy Can Benefit Selected Elderly People
Major Finding: Colonoscopy detected carcinoma in 9% of people 76-85 years old who never previously underwent colonoscopy.Data Source: Data came...