Screening

The increase in stool-based CRC testing is a logical trend, Hendrick said in an interview, given the convenience plus the 2 million younger adults now eligible for screening.

An interview with Jeff Andrews, MD, FRCSC, of BD Life Sciences

ACP 2025: Dr Kalager shares strategies for addressing patient beliefs, presenting risk data, and promoting shared decision-making in primary care settings.

The increase in pancreatic cancer among Americans aged 15 to 34 is particularly alarming and should alert clinicians to heed relevant GI symptoms as suspicious.

The phone-based patient navigation intervention addressed barriers to CRC testing follow-up and included patient education.

Myths and fears about cancer screening may be keeping some of your patients from important tests. Always ask about misconceptions, and then offer the facts.

ACP 2025: Lung cancer is rising among nonsmokers, especially women. Kim Sandler, MD, discusses future screening challenges, research insights, and the need to expand screening eligibility.

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ACP 2025: Kim Sandler, MD, outlines key strategies to boost lung cancer screening uptake in primary care.

ACP 2025: Kim Sandler, MD, explains how primary care physicians can use shared decision-making to guide patients through lung cancer screening, emphasizing risk, benefit, follow-up, and smoking cessation.

ACP 2025: Kim Sandler, MD, sat down with Patient Care to discuss the benefits of lung cancer screening, citing a 20% reduction in lung cancer mortality with annual screenings.

ACP 2025: Kim Sandler, MD, discussed the latest screening guidelines, real-world challenges in implementation, and the essential role of shared decision-making.

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The model identified BMI, tobacco use, and family history of CRC as the strongest predictors for advanced neoplasia in young adults.

Adding a deadline to a mailed invitation for FIT colorectal cancer screening resulted in improved return rates, according to new research.

The greatest risk for developing cancer faces residents of South Dakota, where radon levels are the nation's highest, and ranks for alcohol consumption and obesity are poor.

CROI 2025: Researchers reported that a universal syphilis screening program identified more cases than programs targeting specific patient populations.

New AGA guidelines conclude that it is not clear whether computer-aided detection systems for colonoscopy should be recommended for routine widespread use.

Cervical cancer screening rates remained below prepandemic levels, while rates for breast and colorectal cancers rebounded from pandemic declines.

New evidence-based guidance for bowel prep considers patient preference and history and updates timing of prep regimen, dietary restrictions, and follow-up recommendations.

A family medicine specialist who works with cancer survivorship highlights findings of a study that illustrate how effective screening is and how treatment has changed.

Results from the MASAI clinical trial also showed that AI-assisted screening reduced screen-reading workload without increasing the rate of false-positives.

World Cancer Day 2025 urges focus on the unique personal journey underlying every cancer diagnosis; individual recommendations for regular screening is where that can start.

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