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1. Colorectal screening program falls flat

   ... issue of Annals of Family Medicine . The Supporting Colorectal Cancer Outcomes through Participatory Enhancements (SCOPE) study had aimed to ...

   egodt - 2013-05-22 09:05

2. Cancer screening decision aids fall short

   ... Data examining the outcomes of cancer screening decision aids designed to help improve doctor-patient ... an increased intention to get screened; 7 of these concerned colorectal cancer screening,” wrote the researchers. A total of 36 decision ...

   lfratt - 2013-05-14 08:24

3. Has the CT Colonoscopy debate distracted us from the central purpose of screening?

   ... months before turning 40, after a heroic fight against colon cancer. He was a great guy – he took excellent care of himself, he was fit, ... prior to the age of 50, which is the recommended age for colorectal screening by the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). USPSTF ...

   lfratt - 2013-05-13 16:46

4. Navidea Biopharmaceuticals Announces the U.S. Launch of Lymphoseek

   ... performed to help in the diagnostic evaluation of potential cancer spread for patients with breast cancer and melanoma.  Lymphoseek was ... prostate cancer, thyroid cancer, lung/bronchus cancers, colorectal cancer and others. Accurate diagnostic evaluation of cancer is ...

   egodt - 2013-05-01 10:58

5. Double duty: Split-dose FDG PET/CT guides and confirms tumor ablation

   ... of interventional radiology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, and colleagues performed split-dose F-18 FDG ... The majority of tumors, 18 total, were deemed metastatic colorectal adenocarcinoma, and the remaining were of a range of metastatic ...

   kmahdoubi - 2013-04-25 08:13

6. DNA test shows promise for noninvasive colorectal cancer detection

   Body:  Exact Sciences has developed a stool-based screening test that detected 92 percent of cancers found on colonoscopy and 42 percent of precancerous polyps. The results fell shy of the company’s goal of a 50 percent polyp detection rate,...

   lfratt - 2013-04-23 08:58

7. POTUS, personalized medicine + patient engagement

   ... healthcare may be making strides toward personalized cancer screening. And finally, a photolog and video demonstrated the potential ... for its failure to deliver promised cost savings. Colorectal cancer screening is plagued by dismal patient compliance. Although ...

   lfratt - 2013-04-12 10:10

8. PERCIST bests EORTC for monitoring response to therapy

   ... to the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) criteria for quantifying response to anticancer treatment using ... EORTC criteria for quantitative FDG PET/CT evaluations of colorectal cancer patient response to cycles of irinotecan and cetuximab ...

   kmahdoubi - 2013-04-11 16:11

9. Video interview: Wis. rad seeks to boot colon cancer off top 10 list w/ CTC

   ... radiologists are working toward the same goal: 100 percent colorectal cancer screening compliance. The other essential player is the local payer ...

   lfratt - 2013-04-11 08:12

10. Mixed CTC results suggest guidelines needed to curb referrals for small polyps

    ... in a large trial of 8,844 Dutch patients invited for colorectal cancer screening. The first arm  of the SIGGAR study compared rates of ...

    egodt - 2013-04-09 08:00

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