Checks find more cancer 'errors'
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A hospital which gave 12 patients the wrong results following cancer checks uncovers two further 'discrepancies'.
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NEW YORK  - The number of breast cancer surgeries that a hospital performs seems to be associated with the likelihood of subsequently dying from breast cancer, Milwaukee-based researchers have found.
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NEW YORK  - Many Americans are still  failing to get two of the most effective tests for catching  colon cancer early, according to researchers with the American  Cancer Society.
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Rising rates of cancer diagnosis will increase the strain on European health care systems,  experts warn.
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Reaction has been mixed to the findings of the New Zealand Cervical Cancer Screening Audit, released today. The College of GPs expressed concern, but little surprise at the findings, while the New Zealand
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Children with cancer often get the  wrong dose of chemotherapy or are given the drug at the wrong  time, and many require treatment because of the errors, U.S.  researchers said on Friday.
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Doctors who too quickly examine a colon  for early signs of cancer miss more than half the  abnormalities, a study of 2,053 patients undergoing their first  colonoscopy showed on Wednesday.
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SUNDAY, June 3 (HealthDay News) -- Not every cancer patient is reaping the benefits of advances in medical care, new research shows.
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The government announces proposals to improve patient safety as a study finds current safeguards are failing.
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New findings add to the evidence that genetic tests can help predict whether breast cancer will recur, giving valuable guidance to doctors and patients about whether potentially toxic chemotherapy
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New evidence is raising questions about the tests used to prescribe the breast cancer drug Herceptin, which was initially seen as a model for tailored medicine.
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Scientists believe they have found a way to spot which breast and ovarian cancers are most likely to be fatal.
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A Greater Manchester doctor is to blame for misreading the breast cancer scan results of 28 women, a report says.
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Scientists say they have linked a faulty copy of a gene with the development of breast cancer.
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By Dr Koshy Philip  IF statistics are anything to go by, alarmingly more lives have been lost to cancer than to war. And this status quo may continue.
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One-third say they or a family member have experienced a medical error, a new survey finds. By Karen Pallarito. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDayNews) -- Five years after the release of a landmark report revealing
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The gold-standard test to detect colon cancer is missing a &quot;concerning&quot; number of cases, according to a new Canadian study that evaluated the success rate of colonoscopies.