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Back to SearchCare should be taken when using CT in kids, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Transcript Using CT scanning in children should be limited, a recent study concludes, finding that about one in ten cancers in kids were likely relat…
3 months ago
What is the cancer risk posed by CT scans in kids? Elizabeth Tracey reports
CT scans in children, especially those that image bones where bone marrow is found, increase the risk for certain cancers, a new study finds. And the…
3 months ago
Will RNA based tests form the basis for cancer screening and monitoring? Elizabeth Tracey reports
RNA is easier to detect and points toward cancer activity better than DNA testing, a recent study concludes. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center direc…
3 months ago
Can RNA provide a way to look for cancer recurrence? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Using blood tests to look for cancer and cancer recurrence has been an area of active research for some time now, with a new study pointing to RNA ra…
3 months ago
Mail in screening tests for colorectal cancer seem effective, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Most people should start screening for colorectal cancer at age 45, due to increasing rates of the disease in younger people. Now a new study examine…
3 months ago
How should we interpret rising cases of colorectal cancer in younger people? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Colorectal cancer is occurring more frequently in those in the forty to forty nine year old age group, leading to recommendations for screening earli…
3 months, 1 week ago
Can taking a supplement help you avoid recurrence of some skin cancers? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Nicotinamide is one of a group of vitamins known as B vitamins, and it’s available over the counter. A new study shows that in people who’ve had eith…
3 months, 1 week ago
Why do certain microorganisms colonize your body? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Your microbiome, the host of organisms that live on and in you, are unique to you, with a new study showing that some types of bacteria and fungi may…
3 months, 1 week ago
Will you soon be asked to give a specimen to assess your microbiome? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Certain bacteria resident on people’s bodies do confer an increased risk for pancreas cancer, a new study finds. William Nelson, director of the Kimm…
3 months, 1 week ago
What might your microbiome have to do with your cancer risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Your microbiome is the collection of microorganisms that live on you and in you, with a new study pointing to certain bacteria as increasing one’s ri…
3 months, 1 week ago