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Yearly mammograms, although slightly uncomfortable and tedious, are a wealth of information for patients and providers, especially when it comes to cancer screenings. Some researchers, however, say ...

"His doctor never advised him to have this simple scan that could have identified it early in its development and possibly ...

A CT scan or Computerized tomography is also called a CAT (computerized axial tomography). It is essentially an X-ray procedure that combines a large number of X-ray images taken in succession.

CT scans also have supplanted exploratory surgery, Thomason said. "When my father was a general surgeon, they took so many patients to surgery (because) they had no idea what they had wrong with ...

As World Lung Cancer Day approaches on August 1, a spotlight is being cast on the importance of early detection in reducing ...