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Women who were due for cervical cancer screening and were mailed a self-sampling kit at home along with educational materials were more likely to complete screening than those offered educational materials alone and then had to request a kit, a …
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When a kit to screen themselves at home for cervical cancer by detecting human papilloma virus was given to women, it improved screening rates, a new study shows. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson explains the study. Nelson: …
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Screening using AI for pancreas cancer detection demonstrates impressive results, according to a recent study. Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson at Johns Hopkins says the proof will be if longer term studies demonstrate that early detection improves survival or …
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Because it is most often detected late, pancreas cancer has a very poor prognosis. Now a new study used common CT images without a material known as contrast to enhance them, trained a computer on them and showed impressive detection. …
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AI is offering hope for making earlier diagnoses in pancreas cancer, historically diagnosed later in the disease when treatment outcomes may not be as good. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, describes the findings. Nelson: …
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Cells that can be found in a routine Pap smear may hold the key to detecting and diagnosing ovarian cancer much earlier than it is usually found, a new study reports. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson says …
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