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40 Is the New 50 for Breast Cancer Screening. At Perlmutter Cancer Center, That’s Nothing New.

In April, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent national panel of experts in evidence-based medicine, changed its long-standing guidelines for breast cancer...

NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Colorectal Cancer Screening

Published in Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Here is a link to the article. The NCCN Guidelines for Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Screening describe...

In Colonoscopy, Quality Indicators Aren’t Optional

This transcript has been edited for clarity. Hello. I'm Dr David Johnson, professor of medicine and chief of gastroenterology at Eastern Virginia Medical School in...

To assess a smoker’s lung cancer risk, think years — not packs — Harvard Gazette

When deciding who to screen for America’s deadliest cancer, should a person who has smoked a pack a day for 20 years get priority...

New FDA mammogram guidelines shifts what patients should know

Women getting their routine mammograms may find new information on their results about breast density.A ruling from the Food and Drug Administration that requires...

Cancer screening guideline= earlier detection

(WNDU) - According to the American Cancer Society about 40% of Americans will develop a form of cancer at some point in their lifetime.Doctors...

Doctors strive, struggle for better dense-breast guidance – UW Medicine

Cancer-surveillance researchers published a study in late August that they hoped would clarify the long-term benefits and harms of mammography screening with and without supplemental...

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