Some of the stories that caught my attention:

• Researchers at King’s College London and the University of Strathclyde in France conducted an in-depth review of randomized trials of specific screening tests and found that the benefits of mammograms are likely to have been overestimated. The results were published as a systematic review in Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. There have been a number of articles published lately in this area of ongoing debate.
• University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) scientists recently led a panel of experts in revising national guidelines for thyroid cancer testing to reflect newly available tests that better incorporate personalized medicine into diagnosing the condition. Their clinical explanation for when to use and how to interpret thyroid cancer tests was published in Thyroid.
• A new method for culturing stem cells has been developed by scientists at the University of Adelaide. The research is expected to lead to new treatments for transplant patients. Read more about this development in the journal Stem Cells.
• NCI’s Cancer Current Blog is now available in Spanish. While not every blog post will be translated in Spanish, stories of specific interest to the Spanish-speaking population will appear in español.