Decline in Number of Breast Imaging Centers Worries Doctors
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The five-year survival rate for localized breast cancer is 97 percent if it&#39;s caught quickly. But as with almost all cancers, early detection is the key to surviving the disease.
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GPs are becoming more remote from their patients, an opinion poll has revealed.
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A doctors group expects a serious shortfall of family physicians in at least five states by 2020.
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Rates of the most common form of breast cancer dropped a stunning 15 percent from August 2002 to December 2003, researchers reported on Thursday.
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According to the study, published in the journal Radiology, the increasing popularity of full-body CT screening has raised concerns regarding the radiation-related cancer mortality risk associated with full-body CT radiation exposure.
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Stanford University Medical CenterÂs new policy is intended to limit industry influence on patient care and doctor education.
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Women with cervical cancer who get radiation therapy at small, local facilities are less likely to be treated effectively, researchers report.
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NEW YORK  - Women in their 40s, who tend to have relatively dense breast tissue, are more likely to have a breast tumor missed on a screening mammogram than are older women, new study findings suggest.
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Boston researchers say many women at high risk for breast cancer are declining tamoxifen, the first approved drug for prevention of breast cancer.
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Fewer American doctors are focusing on primary care, but the decline is being covered by physicians from other countries. The General Accountability Office said Tuesday that as of 2006 there were 22,146 American doctors in residency programs in the United States specializing in primary care.
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Though National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is coming to an end, local efforts to promote early detection and to encourage annual breast exams and mammograms will continue.
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Invasive breast cancer rates  have fallen since the substantial decline in postmenopausal  hormone replacement therapy (HRT) occurred, even after a  decline in breast cancer screening rates, according to findings  published in the 5th Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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Magnetic resonance imaging is roiling the field of breast cancer medicine. Currently, mammograms, which use X-rays, are the standard screening tool.
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About a quarter of US women who stopped taking hormone replacement therapy after it was found to raise the risk of heart disease and some cancers have gone back on it, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists said
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The United States is heading toward  a major shortage of cancer doctors by 2020 as the population  ages and the medical profession struggles to replace retiring  oncologists, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Some Connecticut hospitals are reporting an increase in the number of women seeking mammograms following Gov. M. Jodi Rell's announcement that she has breast cancer.
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NEW YORK  - Invasive breast cancer rates have fallen since the substantial decline in postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) occurred, even after a decline in breast cancer screening rates, according to findings published in the 5th Journal of the National Cancer Institute.