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Diet, Exercise Touted in Fight Against Breast Cancer

(March 25) -- Lifestyle changes, rather than better screening, are going to be the key to curbing breast cancer rates, a panel of experts told a conference in Barcelona, Spain, today. "What can be achieved with screening has been achieved. We can't do much more," Carlo La Vecchia, head of epidemiology at the University of...

Group Urges Cautious Approach to Prostate Screening

(March 5) -- Men worried about their risk of developing prostate cancer should not automatically have prostate screening tests after they turn 50 and should instead make a personal decision based on their own risk factors, according to new guidelines from the American Cancer Society. The society decided to revise its...

Critics Blast Advice About Mammograms

(Nov. 18) -- Reactions to new government guidelines for breast cancer screenings have been visceral and immediate, and have sparked instant disagreement among doctors. Those objecting to the shift scoff at the composition of the government-appointed panel and the fact that it only re-examined old data and never touched...