Cancer Prevention News

CHICAGO — A multicomponent strategy, which included patient and provider outreach, increased colorectal cancer screening in individuals overdue for colonoscopy who have a family history of CRC, according to data at Digestive Disease Week.

DESTIN, Fla. — Low disease activity and remission are achievable for patients with lupus if clinicians “minimize the prednisone” and administer adequate hydroxychloroquine, noted a speaker at the 2023 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology-East.

In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with CureMatch CEO Navid Alipour about the rise of AI in the health care space, how technology can elevate the ways in which we diagnose and deliver health care and more.

Certain women who had their ovaries removed during a hysterectomy for benign conditions faced higher risks for all-cause mortality, CVD and cancer, a recent study showed.

University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has joined the National Comprehensive Cancer Network as its 33rd member institution.

HHS on Monday released the National Cancer Plan, which includes eight goals and strategies to prevent cancer, reduce related mortality and improve the lives of people living with the disease.

Middle-aged adults with greater adherence to a healthful plant-based diet had significantly lower risks for CVD, cancer and mortality than those who had lower adherence, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month; in the latest installment of our diversity, equity and inclusion video series with ASGE, Pegah Hosseini-Carroll, MD, proposed strategies for mitigating disparities in CRC screening.

SAN ANTONIO — An interdisciplinary program increased the number of patients safely desensitized to chemotherapy treatment, according to data presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

A colorectal cancer screening program in Denmark that used fecal immunochemical testing detected more cases among adults with diabetes and more cases at stage I of the disease than among those without diabetes, according to data published in Diabetic Medicine.