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Risk-Based Mammography Proposed for Times of Reduced Capacity

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A novel risk-based approach could be an effective way to triage women for mammography during times of limited capacity, such

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US breast cancer centers recommend earlier initiation of screening

03/16/2021 breast, Cancer, centers, earlier, initiation, of, recommend, screening, US

Most U.S. breast cancer centers recommend that women begin screening mammography at an earlier age than recommended by national societies,

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Take-at-home tests boost colorectal cancer screening tenfold for health center serving minorities

02/08/2021 boost, Cancer, center, colorectal, for, Health, minorities, screening, serving, Take-at-home, tenfold, tests

Colorectal cancer screening rates jumped by more than 1,000 percent when researchers sent take-at-home tests to patients overdue for testing

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Prostate cancer screening is no longer automatic. That’s turned out to be a sensible change

12/09/2020 A, automatic., be, Cancer, change, is, longer, no, out, prostate, screening, sensible, that's, to, turned

When an influential federal advisory panel recommended in 2012 that doctors omit prostate cancer screening from routine health care for

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Depression screening tools in patients with kidney failure

11/17/2020 depression, failure, In, kidney, patients, screening, tools, with

A recent analysis examines research on the use of depression screening tools in patients with kidney failure. The results appear

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Screening younger women for hereditary cancers may be cost effective

11/16/2020 be, cancers, cost, effective, for, hereditary, may, screening, Women, younger

Population-wide screening for genetic variants linked to hereditary breast and ovarian cancer may be cost effective in women between the

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Physician advocates screening teen emergency room patients for sexually transmitted infections

11/16/2020 advocates, Emergency, for, infections, patients, physician, room, screening, sexually, teen, transmitted

A University of Cincinnati researcher is recommending pediatric hospital emergency rooms consider screening for sexually transmitted infections (STI) teenage and

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Mayo Clinic expert answers questions about breast cancer screening, levels of risk and latest in imaging

10/29/2020 About, and, answers, breast, Cancer, Clinic, expert, Imaging, In, latest, levels, Mayo, of, questions, risk, screening

The COVID-19 pandemic has made it difficult for some patients to keep on track with their regular breast cancer screenings.

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Researchers take issue with study evaluating an AI system for breast cancer screening

10/14/2020 AI, an, breast, Cancer, Evaluating, for, issue, Researchers, screening, study, system, take, with

In a new perspective piece “Transparency and reproducibility in artificial intelligence” published this week in the journal Nature, an international

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Rapid screening tests that prioritize speed over accuracy could be key to ending the coronavirus pandemic

08/17/2020 accuracy, be, coronavirus, could, ending, Key, over, pandemic:, prioritize, rapid, screening, speed, tests, that, the, to

Broad access to testing is one of the most powerful tools to keep the COVID-19 pandemic under control until there’s

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