(Image credit: Dreamstime) Yearly mammograms in middle-age women do not reduce breast cancer deaths — these tests are essentially as good as physical examination alone, according to a new 25-year study from Canada. The study, which included nearly 90,000 women ages 40 to 59, is the lates...
women who attended public education sessions about screening reported decreased anxiety. Patients and physicians should also advocate for faster diagnostic investigation to reduce the time to resolution of whether cancer is present, or
Societies(AmericanUrologicalAssociation,AmericanCollegeofPhysicians)SeveralmajororganizationsmakedifferingrecommendationsforCancerScreeningScreeningOverviewInordertodeterminewhethertogetscreened,thereare4thingstoconsider1)Riskofdyingofacancer(nottheriskofbeingdiagnosedwiththecancer)2)Benefitofcancerscreening3)Harmsofcancer...
women who attended public education sessions about screening reported decreased anxiety. Patients and physicians should also advocate for faster diagnostic investigation to reduce the time to resolution of whether cancer is present, or