Updating family history of cancer associated with need for earlier or more intense cancer screening, study finds
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 17:30
in Health & Medicine
In an analysis to examine how often throughout adulthood clinically significant changes occur in a patient's family history of cancer, researchers found substantial changes in family history of colorectal, breast, and prostate cancer between the ages of 30 and 50 years, which would result in recommendations for earlier or more intense cancer screening. The authors suggest that a patient's family history of cancer be updated at least every 5 to 10 years.