Canada Drugstore Pharmacy Reports Cancer Screening Updates

Jan 3
09:12

2012

Remcel Mae P. Canete

Remcel Mae P. Canete

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As specialists modify programs on rules for cancer testing such as mammograms and the prostate-specific antigen exam, the public is reasonably puzzled; but, guidelines on Canadian drugs maintenance remains the same.

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As specialists modify programs on rules for cancer testing such as mammograms and the prostate-specific antigen exam,Canada Drugstore Pharmacy Reports Cancer Screening Updates Articles the public is reasonably puzzled; but, guidelines on Canadian drugs maintenance remains the same.

 

"It's difficult to accept that having less testing is either as good or even better than having more," said Dr. Robert Mayer, faculty vice president for academic affairs at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.

 

"I don't think the data are as conclusive that screening is as bad or as good as we had hoped," said Dr. David Penson, professor of urologic surgery and director of surgical quality and outcomes research at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.

 

"I don't see a trend of backing away from endorsement for screening among many organizations," said Robert Smith, senior director of cancer control at the American Cancer Society. "Frankly, I see it in one.

Increased PSA levels can indicate cancer, but they are not a foolproof measure. PSA levels rise naturally as men age," explained Mayer. "Levels can also rise if men have had two or three sexual experiences in the prior few days."

 

"There are enormous number of false positives," Mayer added. "How does one then say what's good for everybody?" Hence, to buy Lupron (depot/injection) should not be neglected for those with symptoms of prostate cancer even with constant or limited testing.

 

"We know that less than 10 percent of men with prostate cancer ever die of the disease," Mayer said. "That's very different from colon cancer, where 40 to 50 percent die from it, or breast cancer, where 30 to 40 percent die from it."

 

"We have more sensitive tests in our ability to detect what is a slow-growing disease," said Smith.  In line with the Cancer screening updates, medication updates will also be soon available in all Canada drugstores .