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Importance of Health Screening Tests News

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Colonoscopy Video Improves Patient Compliance With Cancer Screening
Watching an online instructional video may help patients to keep their appointments and arrive prepared for a scheduled colonoscopy than those who do not. The study, presented at the 201...

Lung Cancer Screening Via Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery
Video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is a valuable tool in managing lesions detected in a lung cancer screening program, according to the most recent research released in June's Journal of...

Study Says Current Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines Based on Studies That Were too Limited
A team of authors have claimed that current guidelines of colorectal cancer screening for people who have first-degree relatives with precancerous colon polyps are not effective as the studi...

Automated Breast Volume Sonography Improves Breast Cancer Screening
Breast cancer screening and diagnosis in Asian women have been improved using automated breast volume sonography (ABVS), shows study. In their study on 504 findings in 212 patients at t...

Study Says Risk Factors may Inform Breast Cancer Screening
A family history of breast cancer and dense breast tissue increase the risk of breast cancer for women in their 40s', say researchers. The articles in the May 1 Annals of Internal M...

Adherence to Colorectal Cancer Screening Recommendations: Scrutinized
Colonoscopy recommended to patients were less likely to complete colorectal cancer screening compared to patients for whom fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) was suggested or those patients w...

Colon Cancer Screening Least Sought by Obese White Women
Obese white women are perhaps less likelier than normal-weight counterparts and African-Americans of any weight or gender to seek potentially lifesaving colon cancer screening tests, as obse...

Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines Issued
Health groups issue new guidelines for prevention and early detection of cervical cancer. The guidelines issued by The American Cancer Society (ACS), the American Society for Colposcopy and...

New Guidance Statement for Colorectal Cancer Screening
The American College of Physicians (ACP) issues new colorectal cancer screening guidance statement. Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths for men and wom...

Free Colorectal Cancer Screening for All Medicare Beneficiaries to be Guaranteed by Proposed Legislation
A loophole in current Medicare law may cause patients to think twice before undergoing colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening. Legislation introduced today seeks to ensure that colo...

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