Colon cancer test shows tiny miss rate: study
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TORONTO - Doctors consider colonoscopy to be the gold standard method to screen for colorectal cancer, but a new Canadian study suggests it can miss a &quot;concerning&quot; number of cases.
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NEW YORK  - One type of screening for  colorectal cancer -- sigmoidoscopy -- need not be repeated more  often than every five years, as is currently recommended.  According to a new study, the likelihood of colorectal cancer  occurring remains low for at least five years after a negative  sigmoidoscopy result.
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Dec. 22, 2004 -- A new, noninvasive screening test for colorectal cancer may encourage more people to get tested for the deadly and often silent disease.
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Doctors found and removed five growths from President Bush's colon yesterday and sent them for tests to determine whether they are cancerous, but the White House said they were small and did not appear to be cause for alarm.
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The top magazines in the U.S. typically shortchange readers when it comes to articles on prostate and colon cancer screening, according to researchers.
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THURSDAY, Jan. 20 (HealthDayNews) -- Harvard researchers have found a new marker that may signal more invasive and lethal forms of colon cancer.
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NEW YORK  - Testing exhaled breath with a small sensor array can detect lung cancer with moderate accuracy, researchers report.
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A non-invasive test that detects mutated tumor DNA in feces may be a useful method of screening for colorectal cancer, according to new research findings.
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WASHINGTON -- Good news on the cancer front: Death rates are dropping faster than ever, thanks to new progress against colorectal cancer.
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Researchers have developed a  checklist of measures they say could improve the quality of  care for people undergoing colon cancer surgery.
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A survey of older Californians shows that many -- especially women and Latinos -- are not being screened for colorectal cancer as they should be.
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NEW YORK  - Researchers have developed a checklist of measures they say could improve the quality of care for people undergoing colon cancer surgery.
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Virtual colonoscopies show significant promise as a screening method for colorectal cancer but there are still some problems that need to be resolved,according to new research.
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Doctors may be overdoing it a bit on colonoscopies, a procedure to screen for colon cancer using a tiny camera, even though they can save lives, researchers reported on Monday
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MONDAY, Sept. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Simple, personalized outreach in doctors&#39; offices can improve colorectal cancer screening rates, a new study finds.
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Two new studies suggest that exposure to sunlight might not be as risky for cancer as is generally believed.
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WEDNESDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) -- Aspirin can reduce the risk of a common form of colon cancer but not all forms of the disease, new research suggests.