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题目【小题1】Why do doctors recommend routine cancer screening for elderly people? A.It is believed to contribute to long life. B.It is part of their health care package. C.The elderly are more sensitive about their health. D.The elderly are in greater danger of tum...
Lung cancer screening is a low-dose CT scan of the lungs to look for lung cancer. The procedure is used to detect the presence of lung cancer in otherwise healthy people with a high risk of lung cancer. By the time lung cancer signs and symptoms develop, the cancer is usually too advan...
The most rigorous and valid approach to evaluating cancer screening modalities is the randomized controlled trial (RCT). RCTs are major undertakings and the intricacies of trial design, operations, and management are generally underappreciated by the typical researcher. The purpose of this article is ...
"Why Cancer Screening Has Never Been Shown to `Save Lives'--And What We Can Do about It." BMJ 352: h6080.Prasad V, Lenzer J, Newman DH. Why cancer screening has never been shown to "save lives"-and what we can do about it. BMJ 2016;352:h6080....
Screening is when a healthcare provider looks for a disease before symptoms arise. Healthcare providers screen for diseases that are easier to treat and potentially cure when detected early. Other cancers for which your healthcare provider may screen you include breast cancer and colon cancer. Lung...
Capello had stage-3 breast cancer and had 13 lymph nodes with cancer. "The day the ultrasound saw it, it was still invisible on mammogram. My doctor happened to feel a thickening and that's why I had this extra test which I normally wouldn't have," she said. "Because of that, I ...
What are the current breast cancer screening recommendations? Dear Anonymous, The truth is that the recommendations that come from these different professional bodies can be variable, and sometimes that's confusing for women. So there have been screening guidelines that have said women could start sc...
"The gold standard for colon cancer screening is colonoscopy because it can detect colon cancer in its earliest, most treatable stages and it can find and remove precancerous polyps before they have a chance to turn into cancer," said CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook. But...
Did you know that there's more than one option for a colorectal cancer screening? That's only if you don't have bowel issues and are of average risk. Acolonoscopyallows your doctor to check forpolypsand other issues inside the rectum and colon, and, if necessary, remove them. ...