Bowel screening uptake boosted
Researchers found that adding a deadline to bowel screening invitation letters boosted test returns, with the largest effect for a 2-week return deadline. The study,...
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Enhancing Brain Tumor Imaging Diagnostics
Enhancing Brain Tumor Imaging Diagnostics: Diffuse gliomas are malignant brain tumors and cannot be optimally examined by conventional imaging using MRI. Amino acid PET can...
Majority of patients with bowel cancer diagnosed outside of screening programmes
More than 70 percent of patients with bowel cancer are not diagnosed using official screening programmes meaning diagnoses are often made late, when the cancer...
A quarter of men put off health issues
Bupa UK has found a quarter of men put off health issues, with 1 in 10 deliberately missing or delaying a cancer screening. Quarter of...
Liquid biopsy gives new insight into breast cancer prognosis
Liquid biopsy can help to identify breast cancer patients with a poor prognosis earlier and more accurately than before, a new study from the University...
Breast cancer screening recalls
Breast cancer is the commonest fatal cancer in women. Early detection increases a woman's chances of recovery. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is an accurate technique...
Cerebrovascular disease: Neural network enables assessment of sleep apnoea severity
A new neural network developed by researchers at the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital enables an easy and accurate assessment of sleep...
National HIV Testing Week is Here!
The main purpose of HIV Testing Week is to encourage as many people as possible to test especially those that may be in at risk...
The Continued Evolution of Prostate Cancer Screening
New data will offer a unique insight into whether prostate MRI could be the test that we are looking for to preferentially detect those cancers...
Setting the record straight on breast cancer risk
When it comes to the risk factors for breast cancer, there are a lot of myths to cloud the facts. But with one in eight...
