7 Things to Know Before You Get a Mammogram
Mammograms are an important step in evaluating cancer risk and help to uncover some tumors that might otherwise have gone undiscovered. Discovery of cancer at this stage is one of the keys in surviving...
View ArticleThe US Prostate Cancer Screening: 13 Years of Trial and How It Went Wrong
In the early 90’s, the American Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening (PLCO) Trial was launched to study prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in men. The study tested 76,000 men,...
View ArticleUnderstanding How Colorectal Cancer Screening Works
Colorectal cancer is a type of disease wherein the cells in the colon become abnormal. They divide without control and form a tumor. According to research, there is no known cause of colorectal cancer....
View ArticleACP’s New Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines
The American College of Physicians (ACP) released a statement that recommends individualized assessment of risk for colorectal cancer (CRC) among adults. According to ACP President, Dr. Virginia L....
View ArticleHow does Fecal Occult Blood Tests (FOBT) Work?
The long-term incidence rate of cancer in the US is consistent among men and women over the past decades. Among these cases, colorectal cancer is one of the top three leading causes of cancer-related...
View ArticleFrequently Asked Questions About Colon Cancer
The human body needs food in order to grow, but not all the food that we take in is absorbed by our body. Some are turned into waste products. The body has a way of getting rid of all excess products...
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