Recommendations on how often a woman should undergo mammography screening should be personalized based on various risk factors, say researchers estimating the cost-effectiveness of mammography.
Abnormally dense blood vessel growth in the mouth may signal familial adenomatous polyposis, which causes colorectal adenomas in teens and progresses to cancer if colectomy is not done.
A method employing fluorescent detection appears to be more adept than conventional immunohistochemistry in identifying estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancers.
Investigators in Spain have shown that a translation of the English-language Cancer Worry Scale is a valid and reliable scale for evaluating a healthy person’s concern about cancer.
Shave biopsies may potentially hamper accurate diagnosis and staging of melanoma, but a study indicates that they are reasonably safe and accurate for the initial evaluation of the disease.
