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cancer screening

Patient Story

A candle in the darkness

More than 40 years after a battle with breast cancer, Marie DeBose shares a powerful message of hope and survival.

Patient Story

‘I’m just living life’

A routine screening made all the difference for Michigan mom Tabitha Wolters, 44.

Breast cancer—early detection is key

Doctors can help save lives when they know the risk factors involved—and early detection is the best starting point.

Patient Story

An early catch

A patient’s girlfriend helped create the screening program that later played a key role in saving his life.

Patient Story

Prescient advice: Get your mammogram

‘You never know how people are going to touch your life,’ says Paula Bowen, who followed wise words from a former president's daughter.

Colon cancer on the rise in young adults

A startling percentage of colorectal cancer patients are younger than 50, and the number is climbing. Diet and lifestyle may be to blame.

As screening falls, metastatic prostate cancer rises

Don’t abandon PSA testing—get smarter about it.

PSA testing differs among primary care doctors, urologists

Researchers examine falloff after change in prostate cancer screening recommendations.

Urine test may detect early-stage pancreatic cancer

Research findings hold promise for development of screening test for this deadly disease.