Read more cancer screening stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/21005/cancer-screening.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:04:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74192/doctors-blast-new-mammogram-guidelines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThere was an instant backlash from oncologists and gynecologists yesterday after a government panel recommended that that women in their 40s stop getting annual mammograms. “I think it is unfortunate that they came to this conclusion,” the director of imaging at one breast cancer center told the Los Angeles Times...http://www.newser.com/story/74192/doctors-blast-new-mammogram-guidelines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 7:46:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74172/govt-panel-recommends-fewer-mammograms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMost women can wait to get their first mammogram at 50 and then should get one every 2 years rather than annually, a powerful health policy group said today. New information led to the recommendations, said a member of the influential task force that reversed a 7-year-old edict urging aggressive...http://www.newser.com/story/74172/govt-panel-recommends-fewer-mammograms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 17:12:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72170/cancer-experts-worried-about-screening.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe American Cancer Society is rethinking its advice on screening for breast and prostate cancer amid studies showing that the tests can miss the deadliest forms of the disease, and in some cases lead to dangerous, unnecessary treatment. The society is working on a new message stressing that cancer screening...http://www.newser.com/story/72170/cancer-experts-worried-about-screening.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 1:22:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64028/mammograms-may-lead-to-overtreatment-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOne-third of breast cancers that show up on mammograms may be essentially harmless, meaning that treating every tumor causes unnecessary trauma, a five-nation study suggests. A mammogram doesn't reveal whether a cancer is lethal or harmless, so all get treated when some could be merely monitored, the BBC reports. The...http://www.newser.com/story/64028/mammograms-may-lead-to-overtreatment-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Jul 2009 10:00:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49052/study-may-help-mastectomy-dilemma.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagResearchers alarmed by a spike in potentially unnecessary double mastectomies have identified three risk factors that might help breast cancer patients make better decisions about whether to have a healthy breast removed, the Houston Chronicle reports. The research was motivated by an earlier study that revealed 80% of women who...http://www.newser.com/story/49052/study-may-help-mastectomy-dilemma.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Jan 2009 10:22:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45386/black-white-cancer-death-gap-persists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEven as instances of colorectal cancer in the US decrease, the gap between whites and blacks is growing, new research shows. Black men and women are 45% more likely to die from the disease than whites, HealthDay reports. While rates are lower for both white and black men, the difference...http://www.newser.com/story/45386/black-white-cancer-death-gap-persists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 15 Dec 2008 16:41:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43572/breast-cancer-may-vanish-without-chemo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBreast cancer goes into spontaneous remission far more often than had been believed, a new study has discovered. Researchers found that a fifth more cancers were found in women screened every two years than in a group screened once in six years, leading them to conclude that many cancers may...http://www.newser.com/story/43572/breast-cancer-may-vanish-without-chemo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Nov 2008 4:40:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/35805/dont-be-fooled-prostate-cancer-screening-is-key.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA national task force’s recent warning against prostate cancer screenings in some men could put their lives at risk, cautions physician and researcher William J. Catalona in the Washington Post . “It's important to note that consideration was not given to the overwhelming body of emerging evidence that screening with PSA...http://www.newser.com/story/35805/dont-be-fooled-prostate-cancer-screening-is-key.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 26 Aug 2008 11:57:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25519/new-cancer-scan-promising-but-much-testing-remains.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA study claiming to dramatically reduce the risk of lung-cancer death is the object of intense scientific debate, Philip Boffey writes in the New York Times . Researchers screened asymptomatic smokers with spiral CT scans, which are more sensitive than the traditional chest X-ray. They estimate 92% of those found to...http://www.newser.com/story/25519/new-cancer-scan-promising-but-much-testing-remains.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Apr 2008 17:40:08 CDT