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Despite guidelines, guys still get cancer screenings

The growing controversy surrounding prostate cancer screening in recent years doesn’t appear to have changed men’s attitudes toward the test — many still get screened regardless, a new study suggests.

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Top three charities have best pipeline to donors: poll

By Jeff Nagel – Surrey North Delta Leader Published: November 23, 2012 2:00 PM Updated: November 23, 2012 2:42 PM A new poll of B.C. residents’ attitudes to giving show the charities most likely to get their donations are the B.C. Cancer Foundation, B.C. Children’s Hospital Foundation and the Canadian Cancer Society.

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Cancer Patient Attitudes To Clinical Trials Participation Changed By Multimedia Psychoeducational Intervention

Seeking ways to change cancer patients’ perceptions and negative attitudes towards clinical trials participation, researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center conducted a study offering two different kinds of intervention to two groups of adults with cancer who had not previously been asked to participate in clinical trials…

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HPV Vaccine Acceptability Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men

Conditions :   HPV Vaccine Attitudes;   HPV Vaccine Intention Intervention :   Sponsors :   Indiana University;   Merck Not yet recruiting – verified February 2012

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Information to Parents of Children With Cancer. An Exploratory Study

Conditions :   Stress;   Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Intervention :   Other: Representational approach Sponsor :   Umeå University Not yet recruiting – verified December 2011

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Did McKinsey Repudiate their Employer Health Care Survey?

… was the repudiation?  Googling “McKinsey repudiates health care survey” turns up … employers to measure their attitudes about healthcare reform . The opinion survey was paid … as part of its routine, proprietary research . We stand by the integrity and …

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Hairdressers Can Be Skin Cancer Detectors

… Health Hair care pros often spot possible skin cancers on the scalp. Dermatologists recommend they be … Archives of Dermatology. Elizabeth Bailey et al, Skin Cancer Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors in the Salon …

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Oncologists And Primary Care Physicians Differ In How Best To Care For America’s 12 Million Cancer Survivors

There are major differences between oncologists and primary care physicians regarding knowledge, attitudes, and practices required to care for American’s 12 million cancer survivors…

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Doctors differ in how best to care for America’s 12 million cancer survivors

There are major differences between oncologists and primary care physicians regarding knowledge, attitudes, and practices required to care for America’s 12 million cancer survivors. That is the key finding of the first nationally representative U.S. survey of doctors that reveals how these differences pose significant barriers to effective communication and coordination of care following initial cancer treatment.

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National health strategy update complete

… in 2005, shows that the attitudes towards breast cancer detection were very positive, yet the … they knew how to perform the Breast Self-Exam. However, about 30% of married women and …

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