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Diagnosing cancer early is key to improving survival, says Cancer Research UK

"It raises a question: why are GPs not diagnosing dementia, and why do they need an incentive to do so?" he said.

New treatment options, solid research and women willing to participate in clinical trials to identify better ways of screening, diagnosing and treating the disease have led to a significant drop in the breast cancer death rate in recent years, even though the incidence remains about the same.

In the December, 2004 Clinical Cancer Research, Wong and his colleagues detailed a new method for diagnosing oral cancer using messenger RNA (mRNA) in saliva.

* The criteria for diagnosing mental disabilities are hotly debated even within the medical profession itself.

The company is developing similar approaches for diagnosing other optically accessible cancers, such as cancer of the cervix.

These physicians tend to take a more holistic approach that includes taking into account a broad range of factors in diagnosing the condition and designing an individualized treatment for each patient.

The reasons for the delay in diagnosing African American children and, to a lesser extent, children of other nonwhite backgrounds, remain unclear.

MRI is particularly useful in diagnosing specific tracheobronchial abnormalities, and it is now preferred to the more invasive angiocardiography.

Other diagnostic tools include upright tilt testing, which is used to induce vasovagal syncope(5); and electrophysiological studies, which are expensive and should be reserved as a last resort for diagnosing arrhythmia.

Patients were as effective at diagnosing their recurrences as physicians, and there was no significant difference in survival between those who were diagnosed by a physician and those who were self-diagnosed, said Dr.