Search Tag: colon cancer

Executive Health Management

A-randomised-clinical-trial-tests-the-benefits-of-colonoscopies

2022 18 Oct

A randomised trial suggests that the advantages of colonoscopies for cancer screening may be overestimated .   The study included more than 84,000 men and women aged 55 to 64 from Poland, Norway and Sweden, who never had a colorectal cancer screening test before. Between 2009 – 2014, they were either invited to a colonoscopy screening, or they...Read more

Executive Health Management

World-cancer-day-why-it-s-crucial-to-debunk-cancer-myths

2014 04 Feb

Cancer Myths: Why it’s Crucial to Debunk Them With one third of all cancer cases being potentially preventable, it’s very important to know the signs and symptoms of cancer  4th February 2014 is World Cancer Day, an opportunity for the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) to raise one voice in improving general knowledge surrounding...Read more