Up to 90% of colorectal cancers can be cured if they are found early. But once cancer spreads outside the colon, it is much harder to treat. That’s why regular colorectal cancer screenings, starting ...

Risk-based screening is noninferior to annual screening for detecting stage ≥IIB cancers, does not reduce biopsy rates despite fewer mammograms.

An estimated 5 to 10% of the pediatric population has a developmental disability. The current strategy to identify these children is through developmental surveillance, a continuous procedure in which ...

Advancements in technology, testing and imaging have transformed cancer detection and risk assessment, enabling them to be faster and more precise. But providing patients with a cancer risk score or ...

A study of more than 45,000 women found that screening women according to their level of risk was as effective in detecting tumors as the one-size-fits-most screening currently recommended. By Roni ...

The CAGE Assessment (also called the CAGE Questionnaire) is a preliminary screening tool used by physicians to help with diagnosing alcohol use disorder (AUD). It’s a set of questions used to screen ...

Imagine you’ve just hired what seemed like the perfect babysitter. Great references, clean background check, wonderful interview. Then, three weeks later, you stumble across their social media posts ...

A new study led by the University of Toronto and its partner institutions has found that older adults – who account for more than 70 per cent of cancer diagnoses – would benefit from undergoing a ...