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Optimizing tobacco cessation treatment with lung cancer screening

Written by | 29 Aug 2023

Lung cancer is the deadliest cancer in the United States, and 80% of lung cancer deaths are linked to one risk factor: smoking. While lung cancer screenings are… read more.

MRI scans improve prostate cancer diagnosis in screening trial

Written by | 25 Aug 2023

The REIMAGINE study, published today in BMJ Oncology, is the first study to use MRI scans with prostate specific antigen (PSA) density to assess the need for further standard… read more.

Breast cancer overdiagnosis common among older women

Written by | 8 Aug 2023

A study of more than 50,000 women found that continued breast cancer screening after age 70 was associated with a greater incidence of cancer that likely would not… read more.

First randomised trial finds AI-supported mammography screening is safe and almost halved radiologist workload

Written by | 3 Aug 2023

An interim safety analysis of the first randomised controlled trial of its kind involving over 80,000 Swedish women published in The Lancet Oncology journal, finds artificial intelligence (AI)-supported mammography analysis… read more.

The largest study of its kind shows a need for improvement in esophageal cancer screenings

Written by | 25 Jul 2023

A new study published in Gastroenterology aims to improve the effectiveness of screening and surveillance practices for early cancer detection in Barrett’s esophagus (BE). BE is the only identifiable precursor… read more.

Which women should receive more than mammograms to screen for breast cancer?

Written by | 15 Jun 2023

Study’s findings point to the importance of considering other risk factors beyond breast density. Dense breast tissue, which contains a higher proportion of fibrous tissue than fat, is… read more.

Severe mental illness linked to low attendance at cancer screening

Written by | 5 May 2023

People with severe mental illness are less likely to attend cancer screening compared to those who do not have such conditions, according to new research from the University… read more.

OCT and AI may improve colon cancer screening

Written by | 28 Aug 2022

A research team from the lab of Quing Zhu, the Edwin H. Murty Professor of Engineering in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering… read more.

Prostate cancer cases risk being detected too late due to misleading focus on urinary problems

Written by | 7 Aug 2022

Men with early, curable stages of prostate cancer are missing opportunities to have their cancer detected because national guidelines and media health campaigns focus on urinary symptoms despite… read more.

Regular screening of people at high risk for pancreatic cancer pays off

Written by | 20 Jul 2022

Surveillance programs for people at high risk of developing pancreatic cancers can help detect precancerous conditions and cancers early, when they are most treatable, according to a new… read more.

Study finds COVID-19 pandemic reduced breast, cervical, colorectal cancer screenings by millions

Written by | 10 Jun 2022

New findings led by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) show the number of women in the United States who reported having a recent (in the past year) breast cancer… read more.

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