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DetectionACS Report: More Effort Needed to Reduce Cancer Risk in the US
A new report from the American Cancer Society says cancer death rates could fall more quickly – if more people had the resources they needed to adopt lifestyle behaviors that reduce risk.
‘Incidental’ Imaging Findings Unlikely to be Cancer
Researchers from University of Oxford and Stanford University have reviewed hundreds of studies to learn how often incidental abnormal findings from imaging tests are found, how often those turn out to be malignant tumors, and how often they turn out to be harmless.
Study: Most People Who Get Melanoma Had Few Moles
People with a lot of moles on their body are thought to be at greater risk for melanoma skin cancer than people with fewer moles or none at all. But according to a study published March 2, 2016 in JAMA Dermatology, most people who get melanoma have few or no moles.
Study Shows Promise for Ovarian Cancer Screening
Researchers from the United Kingdom have found that screening women for ovarian cancer may reduce deaths, but they caution that more study is needed to confirm their results.
Achieving 80 Percent by 2018 Screening Goal Could Prevent 200,000 Colon Cancer Deaths in Less Than 2 Decades
Increasing screening rates to 80% by 2018 would prevent 277,000 new cases of colon cancer and 203,000 deaths within 20 years, according to a new study.