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Recent Cancer Screening Changes Leave Many Confused 24 Nov 2009 14:31 GMT
... Recent Cancer Screening Changes Leave Many Confused But experts say science is behind reasoning that testing less ...
Dr. Kate Scannell: When cancer screening guidelines bend us out of shape 24 Nov 2009 04:35 GMT
... indeed since the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued revised guidelines for breast cancer screening. They now counsel women without known risks for cancer to begin routine screening at ...
Surely we can agree on a few issues around breast cancer screening? 24 Nov 2009 10:32 GMT
... Surely we can agree on a few issues around breast cancer screening? Over the past week, Croakey has been hosting a lively discussion about the merits ...
Task Force Clarifies Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations; Editorials, Opinion Pieces Respond To Guidelines 24 Nov 2009 13:30 GMT
... "intense backlash" from some experts and breast cancer survivors, the reports. The new USPSTF guidelines ... The new USPSTF guidelines recommend against routine screening mammography in women ages 40 through 49, ...
Susan G. Komen for the Cure Founder to Speak at Press Club on Cancer Screening Guidelines 24 Nov 2009 04:34 GMT
... Susan G. Komen for the Cure Founder to Speak at Press Club on Cancer Screening Guidelines Susan G. Komen for the Cure Founder to Speak at Press Club on ...

No changes to Island's breast cancer screening policy ' Chief Medical Officer 24 Nov 2009 15:34 GMT
... Last week, the US Preventive Services Task Force announced changes to its recommended breast cancer screenings guidelines, pushing back recommended screenings until age 50 instead of 40. The American College ...
LEWES: Tunnell Center offers free cancer screenings 24 Nov 2009 15:23 GMT
... LEWES � Beebe Medical Center's specialist clinic, the Tunnell Cancer Center is slated to offer free screenings for skin and prostate cancer during the month of December. Beebe officials said the ...
Women insistent on cancer screening 24 Nov 2009 14:15 GMT
... need routine mammograms until age 50. The panel had told women to begin breast cancer screening at age 40. Women across the USA have reacted angrily to the recommendations and ...
Free mouth cancer screening 24 Nov 2009 09:06 GMT
... A CITY dentist is offering free mouth cancer screenings. SpaDental in Mutley is holding the sessions on Friday, November 27 in support of ...
Cancer screening 24 Nov 2009 07:16 GMT
... medical practices. Last week the panel released its recommendations following the first re-evaluation of breast-cancer screening since 2002. The findings would have been attention-grabbing at any time, but were especially ...

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Letter > Breast-cancer screening isn't black and white 24 Nov 2009 06:43 GMT
... Breast cancer is an emotional and devastating disease. It ... physicians as to the best course of screening, which needs to be individualized. They need ...
Breast-cancer screening isn't black and white 24 Nov 2009 06:48 GMT
... Breast cancer is an emotional and devastating disease. It ... physicians as to the best course of screening, which needs to be individualized. They need ...
Administration Seeks To Distance Reform Effort From Cancer Screening Fallout 24 Nov 2009 12:31 GMT
... at improving treatment for two forms of cancer in women. ... Although neither set of ... ignore guidelines that delay the start of screenings. Republicans pointed to the guidelines as evidence ...
Community Health: Cancer screening guidelines 24 Nov 2009 01:23 GMT
... 2 hours 26 min 25 sec ago (NECN) - ... questions remain about the new guidelines for screening women. Dr. Myechia Jordan, Chief Medical Officer ...
New breast cancer screening advice has women confused 24 Nov 2009 09:47 GMT
... 54, outside Doshi Diagnostics in . "My 44-year-old sister was just diagnosed with breast cancer at Presbyterian. Can you imagine what'd happen if all women start following this guideline?" ...
Weighing more than lives at risk in cancer screening 24 Nov 2009 05:31 GMT
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Were breast cancer screening recommendations overly cautious? 24 Nov 2009 12:14 GMT
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Behind Cancer Guidelines, Quest for Data 24 Nov 2009 04:35 GMT
... at 5:17 a.m. A few years ago, an independent group that issues guidelines on cancer screening decided to review its recommendations for breast cancer. It had last issued guidelines in ...
Breast Cancer: To Screen or Not to Screen 24 Nov 2009 06:13 GMT
... Breast Cancer: To Screen or Not to Screen Newest ... answers questions about the new breast cancer screening guidelines in a live 45-minute Web chat. ...
10 Report: Push Back Age of Cervical Cancer Tests > 24 Nov 2009 05:35 GMT
... CHICAGO - Women in the United States should start cervical cancer screening at age 21 and most do not need an annual Pap smear, according to ...

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Local doctors: Ignore new Fed report for breast cancer screen 24 Nov 2009 04:33 GMT
... Task Force report suggesting women wait until they reach age 50 to begin breast cancer screenings is ‘irresponsible.’ Photo by Laura Moon MARIETTA - At least two local doctors say ...
Federal agency's breast cancer report causes uproar 24 Nov 2009 15:32 GMT
... out of 10 women will develop breast cancer within her lifetime. A new federal study ... study pushing back current standards for mammogram screenings from 40 to 50 could push that ...
Washington Sketch: Seeing a setback in the race against breast cancer 24 Nov 2009 01:53 GMT
... Nancy Brinker, the breast cancer activist who painted the world pink, was ... mammography, this same panel called for less screening for prostate, colon and skin cancers (it ...
Breast cancer survivor concurs with new health guidelines 24 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
... She was given a diagnosis of cancer about 10 years ago, at age 41, ... too great to justify the benefit of screening women in their 40s -- saving one ...
N.B. will fund costly colon cancer drug 24 Nov 2009 14:51 GMT
... N.B. will fund costly colon cancer drug Last Updated: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 ... the province will design a new colorectal-cancer screening program, Schryer said. "There is no reason ...