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• Symptoms Plus Blood Test Boost Ovarian Cancer Detection

  June 23 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers boosted the level of early-stage ovarian cancer detection ...

• Pop Star's Breast Cancer Boosted Screening Among Young Women

  June 5 (HealthDay News) -- Publicity about pop star Kylie Minogue's breast cancer diagnosis in ...

• Biomarker Spots Which Lesions Likely to Progress to Prostate Cancer

  May 2 (HealthDay News) -- Spanish researchers report they may have found a way to ...

• Some Cancer Trials Overstate Findings, Analysis Claims

  March 25 (HealthDay News) -- The effectiveness of public campaigns or efforts to prevent cancer ...

• PSA Test Losing Diagnostic Value, Study Says

  March 10 (HealthDay News) -- Changes in medical practice have undermined the value of the ...

• Laser Screen Detects Diseases in Breath

  Feb. 25 (HealthDay News) -- A special technique that uses laser light to sample a ...

• Pathology Reports Good for Breast Cancer Studies

  Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- In epidemiological studies of women with breast cancer, pathology reports ...

• New Colon Cancer Test Might Spot Trouble Earlier

  Jan. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they have zeroed in on a biomarker that ...

• Blood Test to Detect Lung Cancer Being Eyed

  Dec. 10 (HealthDay News) -- It may be possible to use a blood test to ...

• Ultrasound Beats Blood Test for Gauging Ovarian Cancers: Study

  Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Ultrasound exams are better than blood tests at identifying whether ...

• HPV Test Bests Pap Smear in Studies

  Oct. 18 (HealthDay News) -- A test to detect human papillomavirus (HPV) -- which causes ...

• Immune Proteins Warn of Early Lung Cancer

  Oct. 12 (HealthDay News) -- British researchers say they've spotted key immune system proteins that ...

• Gene-Based Screen Spots Cervical Cancer Earlier

  Oct. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Compared to conventional tests, human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing enables ...

• Study Supports Change to Prostate Cancer Biopsy

  Oct. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Adding an extra step to the standard test for prostate ...

• Genetics Hold Promise, Challenges for Cancer Care

  Sept. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Someday in the future, people may routinely have doctors scan ...

• Test Spots Genetic Damage Done by Smoking

  Sept. 6 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental lung cancer screening test designed to look for ...

• Despite Controversy, PSA Still Valuable for Detecting Prostate Cancer

  Sept. 5 (HealthDay News) -- For several years, doctors have debated the value of the ...

• Frequent Prostate Screens Fail to Improve Aggressive Cancer Diagnoses

  Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Being screened for prostate cancer more often does improve disease ...

• Many Men Getting Unnecessary Prostate Cancer Blood Tests

  July 10 (HealthDay News) -- Too many American men are receiving inappropriate PSA (prostate-specific antigen) ...