Since Medicare’s 1998 reimbursement expansion for colon cancer screening, more Medicare beneficiaries are getting colonoscopies and patients are being diagnosed with colon cancer at an early stage, according to a study published in the December 20 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Before 1998, Medicare did not routinely reimburse for colon cancer screening, and many have pointed to this as a barrier to widespread screening and early detection.

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February 2007 - Table of Contents

DTTR February 2007 (full PDF issue)

Siemens, GE Build Diagnostic Powerhouses

FDA to Hold Meeting on IVDMIA Draft Guidance

Pfizer Buys Diagnostic Rights for Genizon’s Disease Markers

New ACOG Guidelines Urge Earlier Screening for Down Syndrome

FDA Approves Ortho-Clinical’s Chagas Disease Screening Test

Initiative Seeks Routine SCID Screening for Newborns

Genomic Health Gets United, Aetna Reimbursement for Oncotype DX

Pharmacogenomics: Are Labs Believing the Hype?

JAMA Study Links Expanded Medicare Reimbursement With Increased Colon Cancer Screening, Earlier Diagnosis

Epigenomics Chooses New CEO, Contracts With Centocor for Cancer Biomarkers

Luminex to Buy Tm Bioscience for $37.9M

BD Closes on $350m TriPath Acquisition

IVD Stocks Rose 20% in 2006 Led by Immucor, Cholestech, Digene

Molecular Diagnostics: The Conference