By Robert PreidtHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Dec. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — New research offers fresh proof that the COVID-19 pandemic delayed cancer diagnoses in the United States, increasing patients’ risk for poor outcomes. For the study, researchers analyzed data from more than 9 million patients at over 1,200 Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities. Procedures to … Read more
Oct. 20, 21 — “You have colorectal cancer.” An estimated 150,000 people hear those words or something like them in the U.S. each year. Even before the diagnosis, the patient, after having the pleasures of bowel preparation and a colonoscopy, may wake up still groggy from sedation and be told, “We’ve found something; I’ll call … Read more
WEDNESDAY, April 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A few years ago, Dr. Joseph Shrager, a professor of cardiothoracic surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine, noticed that lung cancer diagnoses were noticeably higher at age 65 than at slightly older or younger ages. “There was no reason rates should differ much between the ages … Read more
Masaharu Morita, global marketing & new business manager, Modality Solution, Medical Division, Fujifilm The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) estimates that globally, one in five people develop cancer during their lifetime, and one in eight men and one in 11 women die from the disease. These new estimates suggest that more than 50 … Read more
THURSDAY, Feb. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Breast cancer has surpassed lung cancer as the world’s most commonly diagnosed cancer. In 2020, there were an estimated 19.3 million new cancer cases and nearly 10 million cancer deaths worldwide, according to the Global Cancer Statistics 2020 report from the American Cancer Society (ACS) and the … Read more
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FRIDAY, Sept. 18, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Nearly 90,000 Americans between 15 and 39 years of age will be diagnosed with cancer this year and more than 9,200 will die, a new report projects. One hematologist who deals with younger cancer patients said the shock of a diagnosis at this point in their lives … Read more
TUESDAY, Aug. 4, 2020 (HealthDay News) — As COVID-19 continues to impact nearly all aspects of American health care, researchers warn that the United States has seen a troubling drop in cancer diagnoses since the pandemic began. The drop is not being attributed to a downturn in cancer incidence, but rather a COVID-driven reluctance … Read more