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• New Polyp Detection Method Could Be Cost-Saver

  Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Optical technology could help physicians detect small colorectal polyps during ...

• Early Morning Colonoscopies May Find More Polyps

  Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Early morning colonoscopies detect more polyps than colon cancer screenings ...

• Analysis Sheds Light on Protein's Role in Cancer

  June 5 (HealthDay News) -- A protein called PHD2 that regulates blood vessel growth is ...

• Gene Test Helps Detect Prostate Cancer

  June 1 (HealthDay News) -- A new blood test greatly reduces false-positive results in prostate ...

• More Cancer Tests Mean More False-Positive Results

  May 11 (HealthDay News) -- The more cancer screening tests you undergo, the higher your ...

• Biomarkers May Predict Aggressiveness of Prostate Cancer

  May 5 (HealthDay News) --Three molecules associated with prostate cancer might provide the long-sought markers ...

• Experts Back Away from Annual PSA Test

  April 27 (HealthDay News) -- New guidelines on prostate cancer screening suggest that annual PSA ...

• Don't Lower Age for Cervical Cancer Test, Study Urges

  April 23 (HealthDay News) -- Cervical cancer screening should continue for women older than 50 ...

• Doctor-Patient Talks Key to Blacks Getting Cancer Screens

  April 20 (HealthDay News) -- Poor doctor-patient communication and not having a regular primary-care doctor ...

• Gene Screen Could Help Spot Melanoma

  March 31 (HealthDay News) -- Identifying the differences between melanoma skin cancer and a harmless ...

• Scientists Identify More Breast Cancer Genes

  March 30 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers say they've spotted new gene variations that could ...

• Gene Test May ID Younger Women at Risk for Melanoma

  March 25 (HealthDay News) -- A genetic variation that's associated with a nearly fourfold increased ...

• PSA Testing: What Should Men Do?

  March 19 (HealthDay News) -- In the wake of yesterday's publication of two major studies ...

• 2 Studies Conflict over Value of Prostate Cancer Screening

  March 18 (HealthDay News) -- Two new studies offer conflicting views on the value of ...

• Combo of Tests Might Spot Ovarian Cancer Early

  March 10 (HealthDay News) -- Used together, a blood test and an ultrasound scan may ...

• New Test May Mean Faster Breast Cancer Treatment

  February 27 (HealthDay News) -- A new genetic test that analyzes a set of 50 ...

• Waiting is the Hardest Part in Biopsies

  February 24 (HealthDay News) -- What has been intuitively obvious to women for eons now ...

• Tests Might Diagnose, Predict Prostate Cancer

  February 24 (HealthDay News) -- One study suggests that a simple urine test could pick ...

• PSA Tests Not Race-Specific, Study Finds

  February 24 (HealthDay News) -- Levels of a protein doctors examine to help determine the ...