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Seven updates for National Cancer Control Month

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April is National Cancer Control Month.

During this observation, several organizations — including CDC’s National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program and the National Program of Cancer Registries — are reminding Americans about the factors that may cause cancer and the strategies that can be followed to prevent or reduce risk for malignancy.

In conjunction with National Cancer Control Month, HemOnc Today offers seven updates in cancer prevention.

• Cigarette smoking, excess body weight and alcohol intake are the three most prevalent modifiable risk factors for cancer, according to an American Cancer Society study. Read more.
• Provider and public education, research and advocacy should be the focus of multidisciplinary efforts to prevent and treat obesity, according to recommendations that emerged from an ASCO summit. The recommendations address issues providers face in their efforts to reduce the effects of obesity on morbidity — including cancer incidence — and mortality. Read more.
• The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended clinicians counsel children, their parents and young adults about the use of sun protective behaviors to prevent skin cancer. Read more.
• Health care providers appeared significantly less likely to recommend the HPV vaccine to boys than girls. The finding — which emerged from a survey of parents — may contribute to slower uptake of HPV vaccination among boys. Read more.
• Less than one-third of Americans understood that obesity and alcohol consumption are risk factors for cancer, according to a national Harris Poll survey commissioned by ASCO. Further, many Americans are not taking cancer preventive actions, and others held misconceptions about cancer risk. Read more.
• Men who followed the Mediterranean diet demonstrated a lower risk for aggressive prostate cancer than those who followed other dietary strategies, according to findings published in The Journal of Urology. Read more.
• Firefighters are at increased risk for injuries and chronic diseases, including kidney, ureter and pancreatic cancers, respiratory diseases and heritable genetic effects. However, taking skin decontamination measures immediately after fighting fires reduced skin absorption of potentially cancer-causing compounds. Read more.