Variable test performance seen with FIT for advanced colorectal neoplasia
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Haymarket Media
Sep 03, 2024
Sensitivity varied from 10.1 to 36.7%, and specificity varied from 85.5 to 96.6% for advanced colorectal neoplasia.
Estimated U.S. annual cost of initial cancer screening $43 billion in 2021
Aug 05, 2024
The major drivers of the total estimated costs of screening were the amounts paid to the facilities where the testing occurred.
Cognitive therapy improves mental health, quality of life for cancer patients
Aug 23, 2024
Moderate improvement was seen in mental health, quality of life in a meta-analysis; the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy can be influenced by age and delivery format.
Mental health utilization increased around time of prostate cancer diagnosis
Aug 16, 2024
An increase was seen for both psychotropic medication and mental health service use.
Blood test results can enhance assessment of cancer risk
Aug 09, 2024
In men and women aged 60 years and older the positive predictive value for cancer exceeded the 3% risk threshold used by the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence for recommending urgent...
Heart, diabetes, cancer drugs on list for Medicare price negotiations, White House says
Aug 29, 2023
Enrollees in the Medicare prescription drug program paid a total of $3.4 billion in out-of-pocket costs in 2022 for the 10 initial drugs chosen for price negotiations.
Incidence of specific, all cancers increased with pesticide use
Jul 30, 2024
And increased incidence was seen for leukemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and bladder, colon, lung, pancreatic, and all cancers.
Decline seen in patients undergoing surgery for colon, rectal cancer in 2020
Apr 11, 2024
Patients undergoing surgery in 2020 versus 2019 had a more advanced clinical and pathological tumor stage.
>10 percent of FIT are unsatisfactory and cannot be processed
Nov 22, 2023
Fewer than half of those with an unsatisfactory FIT completed a subsequent test within 15 months.
1996 to 2020 saw cancer death rates drop across congressional districts
May 16, 2023
The smallest percent of relative declines was seen in the Midwest and Appalachia, whereas the largest declines were seen in the South along the East Coast and southern border.