We’ve had it drummed into us over decades that early detection is key to treating diseases early, before they have a chance to turn into something really nasty. But we’ve since learnt the flip-side of this is overdiagnosis, where people are diagnosed with diseases that [...]
Tailored decision support information can be effective in supporting informed choices and greater involvement in decisions about faecal occult blood testing among adults with low levels of education, without increasing anxiety or worry about developing bowel cancer. Using a decision aid to make an informed [...]
Properly informing target audiences is crucial in population-based screening programs. We aimed to evaluate the impact of information about CRC screening on attitudes and intended participation in a screening-naive population
I have no doubt Samantha Armytage was hoping to save lives when she had a screening mammogram on Channel Seven’s Sunrise to look for breast cancer. Before undressing for the X-ray of her breasts last week, Armytage, 41, told millions of Australian viewers that one in eight [...]
Last week, many Australians woke up to David Koch having prostate cancer screening tests on Channel Seven's Sunrise program. "Just try and relax there a bit," a urologist said to the 61-year-old while he was lying on his side, trousers around his knees, having a digital rectal [...]
It’s easy to assume the earlier women are screened for breast cancer, the better. And a recent US study, which found screening women with mammography from the age of 40 saved the most lives, generated headlines around the world...
Celebrities have taken to “live” mammograms on television, undergoing this usually very private procedure in a rather public way. This includes Today show co-host Lisa Wilkinson, and news presenter, Georgie Gardner. In the United States, Good Morning America host, Amy Robach, had a television mammogram, which led [...]