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Our top 6 reasons why ‘it was a very good year’See how 2015 was the Institute’s best year yet—for funding and practical impact, improving people’s health at Group Health and across the country.
Thanks to Group Health research, I helped save a lifeRecruiting participants for a colon-cancer screening study wasn’t easy. But a young interviewer discovered her work may have prevented someone’s untimely death.
Group Health leads Washington in colon cancer screening by reaching more patients with mailed kitsDr. Beverly Green describes how mailing kits to hard-to-reach patients boosted results in a long-term randomized controlled trial.
Group Health’s lifesaving approach to screening for colon cancer takes another step forwardResearch shows innovative approach serves health care consumers over long term.
Screening for breast cancer? Menopausal status, not just age, may matterDr. Diana Buist explains the new Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium study in JAMA Oncology, which she co-wrote.
For mammography, radiologists do better without computer helpBased on a new BCSC study, Dr. Diana Buist tells of technology that adds cost to breast cancer screening—without improving outcomes. Dr. Marc Mora comments.
- Computer-aided detection does not improve breast cancer screening
CAD raises screening costs without benefit to patients and may miss cancers, large national BCSC study shows.
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