Telephone Follow-Up Doubles Heart Screening Rates Among Survivors of Childhood Cancers
November 13th 2014When trained, advanced practice nurses followed up written heart screening guidelines with telephone calls to survivors of childhood cancers, screening uptake more than doubled among those who received the telephone-based counseling.
Optimizing EHRs to Improve Cancer Screening in Older Adults
October 8th 2014Electronic health records (EHR), which have been found to improve care and management of multiple chronic diseases in older adults, could also be customized to improve cancer screening rates in this population by integrating recommended screening protocols based on age, family history and other environmental, occupational, and behavioral risk factors (ie, smoking and alcohol use).
Exercise Reduces Risk, but Benefits Disappear if Women Stop Exercising
September 24th 2014Many studies have found a link between regular exercise and a lower risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer or breast cancer coming back (recurrence). As a result, the American Cancer Society and many doctors recommend that women who've been diagnosed with breast cancer, as well as those who haven't, exercise regularly – about 4 to 5 hours per week at a moderate intensity level. (Brisk walking is considered moderate intensity exercise.)
Exercise Lowers Breast Cancer Risk, But Benefits Fade When Activity Stops
August 12th 2014A new study has found that postmenopausal women who undertook regular physical activity equivalent to at least 4 hours of walking per week in the last 4 years had a lower risk for invasive breast cancer compared with women who exercised less during those 4 years.
Many Benefits Seen With CT Lung Cancer Screening for Those at High Risk
August 7th 2014When the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended last year that asymptomatic, high-risk individuals should receive annual screening for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT), it made a healthy decision for the American population.
New DNA Stool Test Offers Higher Sensitivity Screening
May 16th 2014A noninvasive stool DNA test may be a new option to increase rates of colorectal cancer screening, proving more sensitive in identifying colon cancer, advanced precancerous lesions, and polyps than currently available fecal immunochemical testing (FIT).
Exercise Reduces Joint Pain in Breast Cancer Patients Treated With Aromatase Inhibitors
March 13th 2014A new study reported at the 2013 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium shows that a prescribed exercise program reduces joint pain in breast cancer survivors taking aromatase inhibitors (AIs), with pain reductions observed at all levels of exercise.