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TMIST Ramps Up to Illuminate Breast Cancer Screening

Photo of Worta McCaskill-Stevens and Etta Pisano Posted 10/17/2019


TMIST (Tomosynthesis Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial), the large NCI screening study to learn about the best ways to find breast cancer in women who have no symptoms, is ramping up with 16,505 participants enrolled to date at 84 certified mammography clinics in the United States, Canada and Argentina.

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Data Science Bowl Launched to Improve Lung Cancer Screening

The third annual Data Science Bowl opened on January 12, 2017 with the goal of improving the detection accuracy of low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) lung cancer screening using data curated by NCI’s Division of Cancer... Read More

POSTED: 01/13/2017
SOURCE: DCP News

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For Some Breast Cancer Survivors, Drug May Reduce Treatment-Related Joint Pain

A drug most commonly used to treat depression may also reduce joint pain in some women being treated for early-stage breast cancer, according to the results of a randomized clinical trial. Read More

POSTED: 01/04/2017
SOURCE: NCI Cancer Currents Blog

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