Colonscopy news from Canada

January 17, 2009

Date of publication: 1-15-09

We have been discussing colonscopies lately and I just found this website on the

subject, you may be interested in finding out the true scores.

Researchers from Canada have reported that colonoscopy misses the majority of

cancers on the right side of the colon and about one-third of cancers on the

left side of the colon. These researchers estimated that colonoscopy may reduce

colorectal cancer mortality by 60-70%, rather than 90% as previously estimated.

The results of this study were published in the January 6, 2008 issue of the

ls of Internal Medicine.[1]

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Breast cancer news:

The American Cancer Society (ACS) has developed a set of guidelines to recommend

which high-risk women need to undergo screening with breast magnetic resonance

imaging (MRI); however, these guidelines may unwittingly exclude some women who

are at a high risk of carrying the BRCA mutation yet still don't meet the

limitations set by the ACS. The results of this study were published in the

December 1, 2008 issue of Cancer.[1]

Blessings,

Lottie

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