Category: Cancer
Should all women stop breast cancer screening at 74 years of age? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Women should undergo screening for breast cancer using mammography every two years from age 40 until 74, the most recent United States Preventive Services Task Force recommendations state. Yet now that life expectancies are increasing, should all women observe the …
Screening mammography guidelines have been updated, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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If you’re a woman between the ages of 40 and 70, you should undergo screening mammography for breast cancer every two years, the United States Preventive Services Task Force has just recommended. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson …
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Novel treatments for cancer may not be available outside clinical trials, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Should you participate in a clinical trial if you have cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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People with cancer who enroll in clinical trials do better. That wisdom appears to have been dashed with results of a new study showing no survival benefit or any other positive outcome related to clinical trial participation. Johns Hopkins Kimmel …
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A range of tests should accompany evaluation for esophagus cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Cancer of the esophagus can be challenging to treat, and when it’s diagnosed a number of studies are appropriate to fully evaluate the disease. That’s according to Richard Battafarano, director of thoracic surgery at Johns Hopkins. Battafarano: Undergoing endoscopic ultrasound …
What are the symptoms of cancer of the esophagus? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Esophagus cancer awareness month has just ended, and Richard Battafarano, director of thoracic surgery at Johns Hopkins, says while some people may have this type of cancer and not know it, the majority will have a range of symptoms. Battafarano: …
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