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Medical Malpractice:Failure to diagnose colon cancer: virtual colonoscopy may expand screening to more patients

Colon cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer and the third leading cause of cancer death in the US. Although it is largely preventable through colonoscopy, screening remains underutilized. A recent study by Hanna M. Zafar, MD, MHS at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania…

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Medical Malpractice – Failure to diagnose breast cancer: new screening technologies and personalized approach may improve detection rate

In “Beyond Mammography: New Frontiers in Breast Cancer Screening”, American Journal of Medicine, Jennifer S. Drukteinis, MD (Moffitt Cancer Center), Blaise P. Mooney, MD, Chris I. Flowers, MBBS, Robert A. Gatenby, MD, look at a personalized approach to breast cancer screening using new technologies such as low-dose mammography, contrast-enhanced mammography,…

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