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CT Colonography Cost-Effective, Clinically Effective for CRC Screening

Physician's Weekly

MONDAY, June 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Computed tomography colonography (CTC) is cost-effective and clinically effective for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, according to a study published online June 10 in Radiology. When CRC screening began at ages 50 and 65 years, the results were similar. Pickhardt, M.D.,

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Mailed Self-Collection Kits Increase Rates of Cervical Cancer Screening

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WEDNESDAY, June 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Mailed self-collection (SC) kits may increase participation in cervical cancer screening, according to a study published online June 6 in JAMA Internal Medicine. percent in the SC with patient navigation group participated in cervical cancer screening. Montealegre, Ph.D.,

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USPSTF: Screen Women of Reproductive Age for Intimate Partner Violence

Physician's Weekly

Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening women of reproductive age for intimate partner violence (IPV). from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and colleagues reviewed the evidence on screening and interventions for IPV and caregiver abuse among adults. Cynthia Feltner, M.D., Cynthia Feltner, M.D.,

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AI Model Can Aid Physicians in Skin Cancer Diagnoses

Physician's Weekly

Siyuan Yan, from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, and colleagues developed PanDerm, which was pretrained through self-supervised learning on more than 2 million real-world skin disease images from 11 clinical institutions across four imaging modalities. percent across 128 skin conditions on clinical photographs.

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Incidence Rates of Appendiceal Adenocarcinoma Increasing

Physician's Weekly

“The current absence of appendiceal cancer prevention and screening methods emphasizes the importance of efforts to support earlier detection in a rare cancer where clinical trials have been historically very limited,” the authors write. Two authors disclosed ties to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.

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Waist-to-Height Ratio Predicts Liver Steatosis and Fibrosis

Physician's Weekly

“The simple and universally accessible waist-to-height measurement is useful in clinical and public health practice for liver disease screening, prevention, diagnosis and management globally.” ” Abstract/Full Text Copyright © 2025 HealthDay. All rights reserved.