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Cancer Screening
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Lisa LaMendola
Cancer Screening: Does It Really Save Lives?by Dr. Julian WhitakerSee all articles by this authorEmail this author(NaturalNews) Anne is a good patient. She sees her doctor for regular checkups, has yearly mammograms, Pap tests, and colon cancer screenings, and she even paid for a full-body CT scan out of her own pocket. She figures she's doing ever ...
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Cancer Screening
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Lisa LaMendola
Cancer Screening: Does It Really Save Lives? by Dr. Julian Whitaker See all articles by this authorEmail this author (NaturalNews) Anne is a good patient. She sees her doctor for regular checkups, has yearly mammograms, Pap tests, and colon cancer screenings, and she even paid for a full-body CT scan out of her own pocket. She figures she's doing e ...
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Rethinking Cancer Screening
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Dr. Brett K.
Mark Twain sent a note to the New York Journal in 1897 responding to a story error in which the illness of Mark Twain’s cousin was incorrectly reported as Twain’s death. Twain told the Journal: “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.”Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society told the ...
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Cancer – To Screen or Not to Screen?
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Dr. Shaheen Lakhan
I once treated a patient who was in her 90s. She was less than 5 feet tall and had never weighed more than 90 pounds. But, she was tough as nails and had lived a great life. I came to advocate for her when the internist at the skilled nursing facility in which she lived insisted that she have a mammogram. She had already been diagnosed with breast ...
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Cancer Screening is Important
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Dr. Bob Sager
September is Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month. There are so many stories going around about what tests to use for screening and we get many questions in the office after every news item airs. Lynda and I have written an article summarizing the current guidelines on cancer screening for both men and women and a discussion of problems with some of ...
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Cancer screening advice
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Paul L.
Dr. Kevin Pho offers the opinion that not all cancer screening tests lead to better cancer treatment: Here's a excerpt: "As much as we'd like to believe that early detection automatically leads to better care, that is not always the case. There cannot be a one-size-fits-all approach. Persuasive arguments can be made for and against screening, ...
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Prostate Cancer Screening
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Dr. Matthew M.
As mentioned in theNew York Times, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recently updated itsprostate cancer screening guidelines, reaffirming that evidence is lacking to recommend for or against it, and took an additional new step stating that physicians should not routinely screen for prostate cancer in men over 75. This is in contrast to recom ...
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Guidelines for cancer screening ...
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Dr. Rubens D.
Guidelines for cancer screening differ by group24 nov 2009--Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges. Sometimes they agree, sometimes they don't. Last year, a number of groups got together and issued consensus guidelines for colon cancer.The U ...
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Prostate cancer screening
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Scott Keith
Prostate cancer is a challenging topic to write about. Perhaps it’s because urologists have various opinions on how to interpret PSA readings and when to start treatment or surgery. I remember getting my first PSA test in 2003. My doctor’s lab result sheet showed 4 was the cut-off point for a normal reading. Above 4 was considered abn ...
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