Read more American Cancer Society stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/737/american-cancer-society.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:51:11 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/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/53710/value-of-prostate-screening-in-doubt-studies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRoutine screenings may do little or nothing to prevent deaths from prostate cancer, two new studies show . In US research on 76,000 men, the widely used PSA blood test didn't lower the risk of death. And a European trial that covered 162,000 subjects found only a modest reduction....http://www.newser.com/story/53710/value-of-prostate-screening-in-doubt-studies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Mar 2009 13:35:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/43657/cancer-cases-deaths-drop.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCancer researchers reported a good-news milestone today: Both the number of new cases and the number of cancer deaths are declining for the first time, USA Today reports. Scientists gave most of the credit to a drop in the number of smokers. “By preventing smoking, you can give someone 10...http://www.newser.com/story/43657/cancer-cases-deaths-drop.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Nov 2008 18:02:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42613/fewer-than-20-of-us-adults-smoke-a-first.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSmoking in the US is at its lowest since cigarettes became widespread after World War I, Reuters reports, with fewer than 20% of adults in the country lighting up—the lowest figure on record. Observers credit the gradual decline to awareness, bans on smoking in public places, and prohibitive taxation....http://www.newser.com/story/42613/fewer-than-20-of-us-adults-smoke-a-first.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Nov 2008 14:10:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/37714/study-backs-virtual-colonoscopy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new study has found a virtual colonoscopy to be almost as effective as a conventional invasive procedure in detecting colon cancer, USA Today reports. Virtual colonoscopies, using scans and computer imaging, discovered 90% of the cancers located by regular colonoscopies, in which a scope is physically passed through the...http://www.newser.com/story/37714/study-backs-virtual-colonoscopy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 18 Sep 2008 6:42:10 CDThttp://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/34141/panel-dont-screen-older-men-for-prostate-cancer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPhysicians should stop screening men 75 and older for prostate cancer, according to new guidelines issued by national health task force. Prostate cancer is "overdiagnosed" in up to 44% of cases—that is, the cancer is present but so slow growing that it would probably never produce symptoms in the...http://www.newser.com/story/34141/panel-dont-screen-older-men-for-prostate-cancer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 05 Aug 2008 2:28:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33588/sf-votes-today-on-tobacco-sales-ban.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSan Francisco's Board of Supervisors votes today on whether to ban the sale of cigarettes at the city's pharmacies. City and state legislatures across America—as well as giant pharmacy chains like CVS and Wal-Mart—are carefully watching the outcome of what could be a harbinger of things to come,...http://www.newser.com/story/33588/sf-votes-today-on-tobacco-sales-ban.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Jul 2008 3:23:34 CDT