Category: Cancer

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While not perfect, colorectal cancer screening tests known as FIT tests are not just likely to be used more often, they’re poised to become the go to method for most. That’s one way of looking at efforts by Cologuard and …

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Fecal immunochemical tests, so called FIT tests, vary quite a bit at how accurate they are in pinpointing the presence of colorectal cancer, a recent study shows. Why aren’t such tests rated by the FDA for this capability? Johns Hopkins …

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Fecal immunochemical or FIT tests are increasingly being used to screen for colorectal cancer, with a recent study examining just how good – or not – they are at doing so. Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson at Johns Hopkins …

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Is there a difference between various stool tests used to screen for colorectal cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports If you’re using a fecal test to screen for colorectal cancer, one test or another should perform about the same, right? Not according …

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How can we explain the disparity between cancer deaths among men and women, including the prognostication in a recent WHO report on cancer worldwide that many more men will succumb? Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson at Johns Hopkins says …

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The World Health Organization has recently released a snapshot of world cancer data, with a look forward to what we might expect regarding cancers of all types in the coming decades. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at …

Who is at risk for cancer development and death over the next decades? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »