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• More women receiving Pap tests as recommended

  Author:Doug BrunkFrom:Family Practice News (Vol. 43, Issue 2)

  Feb. 1, 2013418 words Article 1590LFROM MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT Women aged 30 years and younger in the United States are undergoing cervical cancer screening in line with recent national recommendations, findings from a report from the...

• AUA updates PCa screening guidelines

  From:Renal & Urology News (Vol. 12, Issue 6)

  June 2013236 words Brief article 1540LUPDATED American Urological Association (AUA) guidelines for prostate cancer screening recommend that men aged 55-69 who are considering PSA screening talk with their doctors about the benefits and harms of testing and...

• Colorectal cancer screening can be done in the workplace

  From:Occupational Health (Issue 430) Peer-Reviewed

  June 6, 2014105 words Brief article 1030LA workplace intervention can increase colorectal cancer screening rates, according to this study of Californian firefighters. A testing kit, letter and survey of firefighters’ risk factors were sent to 1,203...

• Age appropriate screening for cancer: evidence-based practice in the United States of America

  Author:T. PandeyFrom:Journal of Postgraduate Medicine (Vol. 60, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  July-September 20143,416 words Report 1740LByline: T. Pandey Cancer screening is a well established and integral part of routine care in the Western world including United States. Men and women are recommended to get age-specific screening for common cancers...

• Comparative study of visual inspection of the cervix by 3% acetic acid (VIA) versus Pap smear by Bethesda method in sexually active women aged 25-50 years as an equally or more effective cervical cancer screening method in a low resource setup

  Authors:Mohit Rajendra Saraogi and Alka GuptaFrom:International Journal of Reproduction, Contraception, Obstetrics and Gynecology (Vol. 3, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 20142,189 words Report 1640LBackground: Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in Indian women and is a preventable cancer. Pap smear being an expensive screening test, increased emphasis is being laid on the development of a reliable and cost...

• An investigation of the colorectal cancer experience and receptivity to family-based cancer prevention programs

  Authors:Carmen Radecki Breitkopf, Gladys B. Asiedu, Jason Egginton, Pamela Sinicrope, Seung M.L. Opyrchal, Lisa A. Howell, et al.From:Supportive Care in Cancer (Vol. 22, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 20145,715 words Article 1380LPurpose Cancer is a shared family experience and may provide a "teachable moment" to motivate at-risk family members to adopt cancer prevention and health promotion behaviors. This study explored how a diagnosis of...

• Ambulatory and hospital-based quality improvement methods in Israel

  Authors:Nava Blum, Dafna Halperin, and Youssef MasharawiFrom:Health Services InsightsPeer-Reviewed

  June 17, 20144,857 words Article 1740LThis review article compares ambulatory and hospital-based quality improvement methods in Israel. Data were collected from: reports of the National Program for Quality Indicators in community, the National Program for...

• Pap guidelines could reduce STD screening rates

  Author:Sharon WorcesterFrom:OB GYN News (Vol. 49, Issue 8)

  Aug. 2014662 words Article 1670LAT THE 2014 STD PREVENTION CONFERENCE ATLANTA -- Prenatal screening for chlamydia and gonorrhea is commonly performed in conjunction with Pap testing, which results in low screening rates among those who don't...

• Risk counseling did not raise screening rates for colon ca

  Author:Amy KaronFrom:Internal Medicine News (Vol. 47, Issue 19)

  Nov. 15, 2014271 words Brief article 1530LCounseling adults about their individual risk of colorectal cancer generally did not convince them to seek screening for the disease, according to a randomized controlled trial reported online Oct. 20 in Annals of...

• Attitudes of oncologists towards palliative care and the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) at an Ontario cancer center in Canada

  Authors:Martin Chasen, Ravi Bhargava, Catherine Dalzell, and Jose Luis PereiraFrom:Supportive Care in Cancer (Vol. 23, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 20154,917 words Article 1360LBackground Cancer Care Ontario promotes the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) for standardized systematic screening and assessment of symptoms across cancer centers in Ontario, Canada. Attitudes of medical...

• Esophageal cancer: Recent advances in screening, targeted therapy, and management

  Authors:Puja Gaur, Min Kim, and Brian DunkinFrom:Journal of Carcinogenesis (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  January-December 20143,725 words Report 1940LByline: Puja. Gaur, Min. Kim, Brian. Dunkin The incidence of esophageal cancer remains on the rise worldwide and despite aggressive research in the field of gastrointestinal oncology, the survival remains poor. Much...

• Recent Findings from University of Southern Florida Provides New Insights into Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer (Applying Public Health Screening Criteria: How Does Universal Newborn Screening Compare to Universal Tumor Screening for ...)

  From:Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week

  June 20, 2015395 words Brief article, Repor... 1830L2015 JUN 20 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Fresh data on Oncology are presented in a new report. According to news originating from Tampa, Florida, by NewsRx...

• Report Summarizes Community Health Study Findings from University of Washington (Decreased Cancer Mortality-to-Incidence Ratios with Increased Accessibility of Federally Qualified Health Centers)

  From:Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week

  Aug. 1, 2015413 words Report 1310L2015 AUG 1 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Investigators publish new report on Health and Medicine. According to news reporting out of Seattle, Washington, by...

• Researchers at University of Liverpool Release New Data on Colon Cancer (Population-based screening in colorectal cancer - current practice and future developments: faecal biomarkers review)

  From:Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week

  Aug. 29, 2015334 words Brief article 1320L2015 AUG 29 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Current study results on Oncology have been published. According to news reporting originating in Liverpool, United...

• What matters: be like Mike? Gatorade and colon prep

  Author:Jon O. EbbertFrom:Internal Medicine News (Vol. 48, Issue 6)

  Apr. 1, 2015406 words Article 1140LIn the realm of screening routinely offered to our primary care patients, colon cancer screening stands with cervical cancer screening with a grade A recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. So,...

• Study Data from M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Update Understanding of Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer (Consequences of universal MSI/IHC in screening ENDOMETRIAL cancer patients for Lynch syndrome)

  From:Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week

  Sept. 26, 2015430 words Article 1260L2015 SEP 26 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Current study results on Oncology have been published. According to news reporting originating in Houston, Texas, by...

• Studies from University of North Carolina Have Provided New Information about Colon Cancer (Derivation and Validation of a Scoring System to Stratify Risk for Advanced Colorectal Neoplasia in Asymptomatic Adults A Cross-sectional Study)

  From:Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week

  Sept. 26, 2015490 words Article 1430L2015 SEP 26 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- A new study on Oncology is now available. According to news reporting from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, by NewsRx...

• Study Data from Danish Cancer Society Update Understanding of Molecular Oncology (Screening and identification of small molecule inhibitors of ErbB2-induced invasion)

  From:Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week

  Oct. 17, 2015439 words Article 1570L2015 OCT 17 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- A new study on Oncology is now available. According to news reporting originating from Copenhagen, Denmark, by NewsRx...

• Breast cancer patients need thyroid screening

  From:Internal Medicine News (Vol. 45, Issue 1)

  Jan. 1, 2012224 words Brief article 1240LFROM THE SAN ANTONIO BREAST CANCER SYMPOSIUM SAN ANTONIO - Breast cancer patients have an increased prevalence of autoimmune thyroid disease, according to a comprehensive meta-analysis that incorporated 26 published...

• University of Massachusetts Reports Findings in Cervical Cancer (Eliminating Health Disparities: Innovative Methods to Improve Cervical Cancer Screening in a Medically Underserved Population)

  From:Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week

  Oct. 10, 2015309 words Brief article 1430L2015 OCT 10 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- A new study on Oncology is now available. According to news reporting from Boston, Massachusetts, by NewsRx...