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Colonoscopy could be costeffectiveonly in middle age
New evidence suggests conducting screening colonoscopies for people in their mid- 50s saves money. But other evidence indicates there may be an upper age limit for the benefits of such screening.
New evidence suggests conducting screening colonoscopies for people in their mid- 50s saves money. But other evidence indicates there may be an upper age limit for the benefits of such screening.
Dr. Jianjun Li and colleagues from Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn conducted free screening colonoscopies for 248 consecutive patients with a mean age of 55. Follow-up detected colon cancer and large polyps in about one in 10.The screening program cost $390,000. Had these patients not been screened, their delayed treatment would have cost Medicare nearly $1.3 million. Li released results at the 2008 American College of Gastroenterology meeting.
On the other hand, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent panel of the Department of Health and Human Services, recommended that screening cease when men reach age 75, when the possible harm from screening outweighs its benefits. The task force report was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine (2008;149[3]: 185-191).
European Society of Breast Imaging Issues Updated Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations
April 24th 2024One of the recommendations from the European Society of Breast Imaging (EUSOBI) is annual breast MRI exams starting at 25 years of age for women deemed to be at high risk for breast cancer.
Study Reveals Benefits of Photon-Counting CT for Assessing Acute Pulmonary Embolism
April 23rd 2024In comparison to energy-integrating detector CT for the workup of suspected acute pulmonary embolism, the use of photon-counting detector CT reduced radiation dosing by 48 percent, according to newly published research.
