Cancer Prevention News

The FDA announced a ban on the controversial red dye no. 3, which gives food and drinks a bright, cherry red color and has also been associated with cancer in laboratory rats.

The FDA has proposed limiting the level of nicotine in cigarettes and other combusted tobacco products like cigars and pipe tobacco to make them “minimally or nonaddictive,” according to a press release from the agency.

Healio will present its fourth annual Disruptive Innovators Awards for oncology/hematology this spring.

The Association of Cancer Care Centers launched a fundraising initiative to support the Firefighter Cancer Support Network.

Improvement in adenoma detection rate among physicians with a baseline rate of less than 26% was significantly associated with decreased patient risk for colorectal cancer, according to results of an observational study conducted in Poland.

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, issued an advisory today that includes several recommendations designed to reduce the impact of alcohol on cancer incidence and mortality.

In September, the FDA implemented new mammogram rules mandating that providers inform patients about their breast density.

The FDA has announced a proposed rule that would require manufacturers of talc-containing cosmetic products to use standardized testing methods to identify the presence of asbestos, a known carcinogen.

Frequent daily coffee and tea drinkers are at lower risk for a variety of head and neck cancers, as well as mouth and throat-related cancers, according to data published in Cancer.