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Study: Stomach cancer rate is on the rise and affecting younger people

Learn the signs and symptoms of stomach/gastric cancer that everyone should know

40,000–80,000 patients die each year in American hospitals because of misdiagnosis

When possible, surgeons needs to remove enough tissue to make sure that they get the surrounding microscopic cancer, too, as well as the larger tumor

For average-risk patients, the guidelines no longer recommend an annual colonoscopy beginning at age 50

Radiologists and ordering physicians are required to make appropriate communications about critical and abnormal findings

New proposed federal rules will require mammography facilities to provide patients with more risk information

For some surgeries, robotically-assisted surgery may decrease patient survival rates

In around 75% of medical malpractice cases for missed breast cancer diagnosis, a physician felt a suspicious lump

Learn a little-known way to improve your safety when it comes to medical test results

In 2018, nearly 180,000 Americans will be diagnosed with melanoma skin cancer