Self-collection means swabbing your vagina to get a sample of cells to test in the lab. In this case, the sample is used to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public health. Lung cancer screening remains strikingly underused, with ...

Finding the perfect early screening test for cancer remains a persistent challenge for the health industry. But new findings suggest that blood tests still being assessed are showing promising results ...

New blood-based screening tests for colorectal cancer (CRC) offered fewer benefits at higher cost versus other screening options, a cost-effectiveness modeling study suggested. In a comparison against ...

The screening is not mandatory but will cost the city $66,847 if all 103 public works employees participate. According to the Galleri test's website it screens "for 50 (plus) cancers with a single ...

A prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test is a blood test that measures a protein released in the blood by prostate cells. Both normal and cancerous prostate cells release the protein. Most of the time, ...

A blood-based colorectal cancer (CRC) screening test, SimpleScreen™, has shown a significant leap in performance, demonstrating high sensitivity for both malignant and advanced precancerous lesions ...

Purpose. The practitioner must assert what the intended purpose of the questionnaire will be. The purposes might include screening, quantifying, or diagnosing developmental delay, all of which will ...