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Urologists echo call for discussion before PSA test

May 15, 2013 14:37
By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Urologists fell in line with other doctor groups on Friday in recommending careful consideration and discussion when it comes to screening for prostate cancer, rather than a gung-ho approach. At its annual meeting in San Diego, California, the American Urological Association (AUA) recommended against screening average-risk men under age 55 or any man over 70 using prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, blood tests.

Doctors to older, heavy smokers: Get CT screening for lung cancer

May 15, 2013 14:34
By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stepping into the debate over who should be screened for lung cancer, a leading medical specialty group issued new guidelines on Tuesday recommending that doctors offer annual low-dose CT (computed tomography) scanning to people whose age and smoking history puts them at significant risk of lung cancer.

Study finds one kind of mammogram less effective at detecting breast cancer

The Canadian PressMay 14, 2013 12:27
TORONTO - A study looking at technology used for mammography has found that one type is less effective at detecting breast cancer than others. The Cancer Care Ontario study found digital direct radiography and screen film mammograms are better than digital computed radiography mammograms at uncovering breast tumours. The research concluded that computed radiography, or CR, is 21 per cent less effective at detecting breast cancer than digital radiography, or DR.

Task force advises against family doctors routinely screening for depression

The Canadian PressMay 13, 2013 21:01
TORONTO - Family doctors are being advised against routine screening for depression among patients who have an average risk of the mental health disorder or no apparent symptoms. The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care issued the updated guideline Monday, saying there is little evidence in the medical literature to support routine screening of all patients and suggesting it could do harm in some cases.

Alexa McDonough, former leader of federal NDP, says she has breast cancer

The Canadian PressMay 3, 2013 19:15
HALIFAX - Former NDP Leader Alexa McDonough says she feels blessed that a routine, annual mammogram detected her breast cancer four months ago. The woman who led the federal party between 1995 and 2003 spoke about her illness in an interview, saying she wants other women to know how important early detection can be. "I've been diagnosed with breast cancer and I'm being treated for it, and I'm very grateful for that," she said Friday evening, as she prepared to go to dinner with friends.

Reuters Health News Summary

February 28, 2013 09:15
Following is a summary of current health news briefs. Screening might avert many lung cancer deaths: study

Reuters Health News Summary

February 28, 2013 01:30
Following is a summary of current health news briefs. Screening might avert many lung cancer deaths: study

Longer span between mammograms fine for older women: study

February 7, 2013 21:45
Feb 8 (Reuters) - Screening women over 65 for breast cancer each year doesn't catch any more early tumors than screening every other year, but it does lead to more false positives, according to a U.S. study. The findings, which appeared in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, are based on more than 140,000 older women included in five mammogram registries across the United States.

ANALYSIS-In war against cancer, progress is in the eye of the beholder

January 8, 2013 09:56
* Deaths rates fell an average 1.5 percent per year, 2000 to 2009 * In men, mortality rose for melanoma, cancers of liver and pancreas * Much of improvement in incidence, mortality reflects less smoking By Sharon Begley NEW YORK, Jan 7 (Reuters) - As the United States enters the fifth decade of its "war on cancer," deaths continue to decline, according to an exhaustive report based on official data released on Monday.
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