Cancer Screening

Patients with multimorbidity and limited life expectancy are often unaware of the risks of lung cancer screening, and clinicians might be hesitant to discuss it, according to a pair of studies published in the Annals of Family Medicine.

Incidence rates of distant and regional stage colorectal adenocarcinoma have increased over the past two decades among those aged 46 to 49 years and should be considered when counseling patients on screening initiation, research showed.

English proficiency, income and insurance type could factor into why women cared for at rural community health centers screen for cervical less than those who receive health care services at urban community health centers.

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.

In this Healio video exclusive, Sudha Pandit, MD, reports that the survival rate for colorectal cancer “is over 91%” if caught early, an important reminder during Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.

Patients with positive lung cancer screening findings frequently delay their first follow-up visit, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Over the past 10 years, the Blue Lights Campaign has illuminated in blue more than 30 iconic landmarks in Philadelphia and beyond to promote the importance of screening during Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.

Rian M. Hasson, MD, MPH, FACS, has been named the inaugural vice chair of diversity, equity and inclusion in the department of surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Participation in early, routine screening for colorectal cancer using fecal occult blood testing was associated with a 14% reduction in CRC mortality in a cohort of nearly 380,000 individuals in Sweden, according to data.

Women with unmet social needs are significantly less likely to undergo breast cancer screening and to have later-stage cancer at diagnosis even when free mammography is available, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.