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Cancer Screening
Abdominal CT plus mammogram improves cancer detection in IVTE patients
December 22nd, 2005
Abdominal CT plus mammogram improves cancer detection in idiopathic venous thromboembolitic patients. "The SOMIT trial randomized patients with idiopathic venous thromboembolism (IVTE) and without signs of cancer at routine medical examination, to extensive screening for cancer plus 2 years of follow-up or to just 2-year follow-up," scientists from The Netherlands report. "The data of the SOMIT-trial were used to perform a decision analysis. "The screening tests were divided in several possible strategies," explained M. Di Nisio and colleagues. "The number of detected cancer patients and the number of patients investigated further for an eventually...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-12-22)
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