The second-largest physicians' group in the U.S. has issued a surprising switch in breast cancer screening recommendations.
MSN: You can now test yourself at home for HPV, per new cervical cancer screening recommendations
You can now test yourself at home for HPV, per new cervical cancer screening recommendations
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Many women who receive risk-based breast cancer screening recommendations discuss the recommendations with their ...
The American Cancer Society updated its cervical cancer screening recommendations last month to expand access to testing, including the option for self-testing for human papillomavirus, or HPV, the ...
NBC News: Federal panel behind cancer screening recommendations hasn't met in nearly a year
The federal task force that shapes recommendations for cancer screenings, heart disease prevention and other preventive services has not convened in almost a year — and it’s unclear whether the panel ...
Federal panel behind cancer screening recommendations hasn't met in nearly a year
The Washington Post: The surprising way breast cancer screenings could reveal heart disease
ATLANTA, Georgia — The American Cancer Society (ACS) issued updates Thursday to its cervical cancer screening guideline, introducing recommendations that could expand access to testing and reshape how ...
Forbes: New Federal Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines Allow For At-Home Self Testing. Here’s Why That Matters
New federal guidelines will make it easier for women to get screened for cervical cancer. According to the new recommendations by the Health Resources and Services Administration, women between the ...
New Federal Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines Allow For At-Home Self Testing. Here’s Why That Matters
Share on Pinterest What do the new cervical cancer screening guidelines say? We outline three key changes. Image credit: Maria Korneeva/Getty Images On , the American Cancer Society ...
Fox News on MSN: Shift in cancer screening guidance has experts clashing over new guidance
New ACP guidance suggests starting mammograms at 50 instead of 40 for average-risk women, one every two years, sparking debate among breast cancer screening experts.
The American Cancer Society has endorsed self-collected vaginal samples for cervical cancer screening — a change medical experts say will help expand access and improve detection. The updated ACS ...
Self-collected vaginal specimens are now acceptable for cervical cancer screening, according to new guidelines from the American Cancer Society. Clinician-collected cervical specimens are still ...
News Medical: New federal guidelines shift cervical cancer screening to HPV testing
New federal guidelines reshape cervical cancer prevention by expanding self-collection, eliminating cost sharing, and aiming to reach millions of women who have been left out of routine screening.
CBS News on MSN: Expert finds group's new breast cancer screening guidelines concerning and disappointing
As Canada moves to modernize cervical cancer screening, a new study suggests most women do not yet understand or trust the shift from the Pap test to human papillomavirus (HPV) based screening. The ...
The American Cancer Society (ACS) just updated its HPV screening guidelines to include self-collection of vaginal samples. This opens up testing to women who may have difficulty with HPV testing for ...
AOL: Kennedy sidelining of US advisory panel delays updates to cancer screening guidelines
Kennedy sidelining of US advisory panel delays updates to cancer screening guidelines
Forbes: At-Home Cervical Cancer Screening Wand Now Available In All 50 States
UVA Today: A major shift in cervical cancer screening could save thousands of lives
A major shift in cervical cancer screening could save thousands of lives
The Business Journals: Screening saved her life: What one woman’s story teaches about colorectal cancer under 50
Colorectal cancer is on the rise in adults under 50. Shermeine Hammie’s story is a powerful reminder of how screenings save lives.
Screening saved her life: What one woman’s story teaches about colorectal cancer under 50
Cervical cancer screenings are considered one of the most significant public health advances of the past 50 years, particularly in detecting HPV (human papillomavirus), the culprit of most cervical ...
A new University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found that lung cancer screening rates among eligible U.S. adults have improved in recent years, but fewer ...
Valley woman encourages colon cancer screening after her own diagnosis took 10 years. Doctors kept telling her she was too young.
For more than two decades, colonoscopy has been promoted as the gold standard for colorectal cancer screening. Policy makers and professional societies have largely accepted observational data and ...
According to the guidance, clinicians should discuss the risk for breast cancer, values and preferences, and uncertainty surrounding benefits and harms of screening for breast cancer in asymptomatic, ...
Nature: Early-onset cancer fuels calls for wider screening — but at what cost?
The question of what age cancer screening should start is getting louder, as increasing numbers of people under 50 are being diagnosed, often well before they are eligible for routine testing. “There ...
Early-onset cancer fuels calls for wider screening — but at what cost?
CNN: Cervical cancer screening just got easier. A doctor explains why this change matters
Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable forms of cancer. Effective screening can detect precancerous changes years before cancer develops. But more than 4,300 women will die from cervical ...
Cervical cancer screening just got easier. A doctor explains why this change matters
MedPage Today: At-Home HPV Sampling Endorsed in ACS Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines
Patients at average risk of cervical cancer can self-collect samples at home for HPV analysis, per the American Cancer Society (ACS). Updated ACS guidelines allow discontinuing screening after ...
The New York Times: Risk-Based Screening Works as Well as Yearly Checks After 40 in Finding Breast Cancers
Risk-Based Screening Works as Well as Yearly Checks After 40 in Finding Breast Cancers
EurekAlert!: The Lancet: AI-supported mammography screening results in fewer aggressive and advanced breast cancers, finds full results from first randomized controlled trial
First full results of a randomised trial investigating the use of AI in a national breast cancer screening programme finds AI-supported mammography screening is more effective across many measures ...