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 ...

Even more colorectal cancer cases are being found in adults under 50, and a new collection of research suggests that a surge in screening may be tied to many of the more recent diagnoses – but not the ...

Since its peak in 1991, the cancer death rate has dropped 34%, averting an estimated 4.5 million deaths due, in part, to earlier detection of the most common types of cancer. Screening tests are ...

Regular screening can bend the odds in your favor when it comes to four types of cancers. The science is less clear for the rest. By Simar Bajaj Screening can be a powerful weapon against cancer, ...

Anal cancer risk in older cervical cancer survivors exceeded screening thresholds. The incidence of anal cancer reached 17.6 cases per 100,000 person-years among women ages 65 to 74 with a history of ...

Two new modeling studies suggest that expanding lung cancer screening — to include more smokers or even lifelong nonsmokers — would save thousands more lives in the US every year. But not everyone is ...

On the road with a 68,000-pound tractor-trailer that crisscrosses West Virginia, saving lives. On the road with a 68,000-pound tractor-trailer that crisscrosses West Virginia, saving lives. Credit ...

Tens of millions of middle-aged and older Americans haven't gotten their recommended checks for early signs of potential colon cancer, either through the "gold standard" of colonoscopy or a ...

Among patients in a lung cancer screening registry, cancer survivors had similar outcomes as those with no prior cancer — but their rate of lung cancer detection was numerically higher. Cancer ...

Annalisa (Nalis) Merelli is a contributing writer at STAT focused on boys’ and men’s health. Pap smears must be a strong contender for the worst best thing to happen to gynecology. The test, alongside ...