Cancer Prevention News

Individuals with vitiligo did not display a significantly increased risk for cancer compared with the general population, according to a study.

Nearly 75% of women treated with a novel vaccine designed to prevent triple-negative breast cancer achieved an immune response, according to updated results of a phase 1 trial.

Cancer incidence has continued to rise in the U.S. since the 1990s — particularly among women and younger adults, according to an American Cancer Society report.

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.