Women are now advised to get a mammogram every other year starting at age 40 and until age 74, according to new recommendations from the US Preventive Services Task Force. The USPSTF, a volunteer ...

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In an effort to reduce lung cancer deaths across the country, the American Cancer Society has updated its lung cancer screening guidelines. The update comes Wednesday, Nov. 1, the start of Lung Cancer ...

Up to 90% of colorectal cancers can be cured if they are found early. But once cancer spreads outside the colon, it is much harder to treat. That’s why regular colorectal cancer screenings, starting ...

Self-swab HPV tests provide a simple way to catch early warning signs of cervical cancer in or away from a doctor's office.

Lung cancer screening is crucial for detecting the disease early, when treatment is most effective. Screening usually involves testing people who may be at a higher risk, like people who have smoked ...

Regular screening can bend the odds in your favor when it comes to four types of cancers. The science is less clear for the rest. By Simar Bajaj Screening can be a powerful weapon against cancer, ...

The statistics tell a compelling tale: For several types of cancer, early screening and prompt diagnosis are key to survival. Unfortunately, the story doesn’t always play out that way for many people ...

Don’t blow the screening! Before you can move forward in the hiring process, you absolutely must clear the screening interview. So, by all means, avoid these mistakes. The screening interview is the ...

Although colonoscopy is widely used as a screening test to detect colorectal cancer, its effect on the risks of colorectal cancer and related death is unclear. We performed a pragmatic, randomized ...

Carter-Bawa is a behavioral scientist and director of the Cancer Prevention Precision Control Institute at the Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery & Innovation. For years, federal policymakers ...

Angus Chen covers all issues broadly related to cancer including drugs, policy, science, and equity. He joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at NPR and NPR affiliate stations. His ...