‘A natural experiment’: Pandemic-driven drop in cancer screening may aid research on overdiagnosis
The government will fund reseach asking whether cancer patients "really do worse because of being diagnosed later" during the pandemic. More
Screening for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis in Adult Patients
The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has reaffirmed its 2014 recommendation3 against screening for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis in the general adult population (D recommendation) based on an assessment of no benefit and possible harm. More
Are We Screening Too Much for Skin Cancer? It’s Complicated.
A new paper calls for a halt to skin cancer screenings in the general population. Some physicians vehemently disagree. More
Cancer Screening Tests and Cancer Diagnoses During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This cohort study describes the number of patients undergoing cancer screening tests and of ensuing cancer diagnoses during the COVID-19 pandemic in 1 health care system in the northeastern United States. More
Colonoscopy Alternative Comes Home
An at-home test for colon cancer is as reliable as the traditional screening, health experts say, and more agreeable. More
How COVID-19 Highlights the Uncertainty of Medical Testing
Widespread COVID testing has revealed uncomfortable truths about medical tests: A test result is rarely a definitive answer, but instead a single clue. More
Inequality ‘baked into’ virus testing access as cases surge
As numbers of infections cases climb in the United States and the country faces what health experts say will be a dark winter due to the uncontrolled spread of the virus, the demand for testing becomes greater. More
Rapid Testing Is Less Accurate Than the Government Wants to Admit
Rapid antigen testing is a mess. The federal government pushed it out without a plan, and then spent weeks denying problems with false positives. More
Residents say they – and Medicare – were duped by community COVID, antibody testing
Some Palm Beach County communities are questioning extra and unnecessary testing done - and billed to Medicare - for COVID. More
The Upside to Fewer Cancer Screenings in 2020
Screenings save lives, but can do serious harm too More