April 14th 2025
Your daily dose of the clinical news you may have missed.
April 4th 2025
ACP 2025: Kim Sandler, MD, discussed the latest screening guidelines, real-world challenges in implementation, and the essential role of shared decision-making.
April 1st 2025
March 28th 2025
The model identified BMI, tobacco use, and family history of CRC as the strongest predictors for advanced neoplasia in young adults.
March 24th 2025
Adding a deadline to a mailed invitation for FIT colorectal cancer screening resulted in improved return rates, according to new research.
Rethinking Lung Cancer Screening: Expanding Access for Women, Nonsmokers
ACP 2025: Lung cancer is rising among nonsmokers, especially women. Kim Sandler, MD, discusses future screening challenges, research insights, and the need to expand screening eligibility.
Closing the Gap in Lung Cancer Screening: Overcoming Barriers, Improving Early Detection
ACP 2025: Kim Sandler, MD, outlines key strategies to boost lung cancer screening uptake in primary care.
Shared Decision-Making in Lung Cancer Screening: A Collaborative Approach
ACP 2025: Kim Sandler, MD, explains how primary care physicians can use shared decision-making to guide patients through lung cancer screening, emphasizing risk, benefit, follow-up, and smoking cessation.
Benefits of Lung Cancer Screening: A Conversation with Kim Sandler, MD
ACP 2025: Kim Sandler, MD, sat down with Patient Care to discuss the benefits of lung cancer screening, citing a 20% reduction in lung cancer mortality with annual screenings.
The 10 States with the Highest Risk for Cancer
The greatest risk for developing cancer faces residents of South Dakota, where radon levels are the nation's highest, and ranks for alcohol consumption and obesity are poor.
Universal ED Syphilis Screening Outperforms Targeted Approaches, Study Shows
CROI 2025: Researchers reported that a universal syphilis screening program identified more cases than programs targeting specific patient populations.
AGA: AI-Assisted Colonoscopy Increases Adenoma Detection, But Long-Term Benefits Unclear
New AGA guidelines conclude that it is not clear whether computer-aided detection systems for colonoscopy should be recommended for routine widespread use.
Study: COVID-19 Pandemic Disruptions in Cancer Screening Show Uneven Recovery in 2023
Cervical cancer screening rates remained below prepandemic levels, while rates for breast and colorectal cancers rebounded from pandemic declines.
Colonoscopy Bowel Prep Guidelines Updated by US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer
New evidence-based guidance for bowel prep considers patient preference and history and updates timing of prep regimen, dietary restrictions, and follow-up recommendations.
Cancer Screening is Essential for Prevention and Guidance Begins in Primary Care
A family medicine specialist who works with cancer survivorship highlights findings of a study that illustrate how effective screening is and how treatment has changed.
AI-Assisted Mammography Boosts Breast Cancer Detection by 29% in Large Study
Results from the MASAI clinical trial also showed that AI-assisted screening reduced screen-reading workload without increasing the rate of false-positives.
World Cancer Day 2025: 7 Screening Recommendations from the USPSTF
World Cancer Day 2025 urges focus on the unique personal journey underlying every cancer diagnosis; individual recommendations for regular screening is where that can start.
Stool Tests Still Top Choice for CRC Screening: Daily Dose
Colorectal Cancer: Investigational Blood Test Shows Promise for Early Detection
ASCO GI Cancers Symposium: The Freenome blood-based test identified nearly 80% of individuals who had colorectal cancer.
Prioritizing Blood-Based CRC Tests May Lead to Higher Costs and Worse Outcomes, Study Finds
Annual colorectal cancer screening with FIT was the most cost-effective strategy among patients with low adherence, researchers reported.
USPSTF Issues Final Recommendations on Osteoporosis Screening to Prevent Fractures
The USPSTF recommends all women ages 65 and older and at-risk postmenopausal women under 65 should be screened for osteoporosis.
CRC Screening Expansion Strains Community Health Centers: Daily Dose
New Data Suggest Revised Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines Strain Community Health Centers
The USPSTF's revised CRC screening guidelines to include adults aged 45-49 years increased screening needs by about 23% without additional funding or resources for CHCs.
Mailed FIT Outreach Increases CRC Screening Rates: Daily Dose
Targeted Intervention Boosts Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates among Underserved US Adults
A centralized mailed FIT outreach intervention significantly improved CRC screening in a diverse patient population, according to recent data
January Issue of Patient Care Online Digital Edition is Now Live
Find details on US colorectal cancer screening rates, dietary interventions for people with IBS, and research on the primary drivers of cost of IBD care.
Preventing Colon Cancer Before It Starts: Researchers Explore Novel Therapeutic Strategies
William Grady, MD, talks about the latest research in colorectal cancer, including treatments targeting senescent cells that contribute to tumor formation.
Awareness of Lung Cancer Screening Remains Low in US: Daily Dose
Counseling Patients on False Positives in cfDNA Blood-Based Colorectal Cancer Screening
William Grady, MD, highlights ongoing efforts to improve test sensitivity and developments of new blood-based tests for early detection of CRC.
Colorectal Cancer Screening: Considerations for Using Cell-Free DNA Blood Tests in Older Adults
William Grady, MD, coauthor of the ECLIPSE study, discusses the use of non-invasive cfDNA blood-based tests for CRC screening in older adults.
USPSTF Reaffirms Syphilis Screening for Pregnant Individuals Amid Rising Congenital Syphilis Rates
Comments on the draft recommendation can be submitted through December 23, 2024.
Colorectal Cancer: How a New Blood-Based DNA Test Stacks Up in Screening Options
William Grady, MD, coauthor of the ECLIPSE trial, discusses how the Shield cfDNA blood-based test compares to traditional CRC screening methods.
Advantages of Blood-Based Colorectal Cancer Screening: An Expert Discussion
William Grady, MD, highlights the convenience and compliance of blood-based tests compared to colonoscopy and stool-based tests for colorectal cancer screening.
ECLIPSE Trial of Cell-Free DNA Blood-Based CRC Screening Test: Expert Overview
William Grady, MD, coauthor of the ECLIPSE clinical trial, discusses the study's rationale, methods, and key findings.
Awareness of Lung Cancer Screening Extremely Low Among Those at Highest Risk in the US: New Data
Among current smokers, 71% had never spoken a clinician about screening and among those who had quit, 75% had never had a conversation.