Cancer Prevention News

Among women eligible for Denmark’s national breast cancer screening program, those who had an intellectual disability were less likely to undergo recommended screening, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

In 2021, an estimated 16,500 Hispanic men and women were diagnosed with cancer of the colon or rectum and about 4,700 Hispanic individuals died from the disease.

Trifluridine-tipiracil plus bevacizumab was not superior to capecitabine plus bevacizumab but presented no new safety concerns in patients with unresectable metastatic colorectal cancer who are ineligible for intensive treatment.

A plant-based diet rich in whole grains, vegetable and legumes was associated with a reduced risk for colorectal cancer in a multiethnic cohort of men but varied by race, ethnicity and site of tumor, according to research in BMC Medicine.

In this edition, alcohol consumption increases cancer risk, medical marijuana associated with lower rates of opioid prescriptions, lifelong stress increases risk for cancer mortality, and more.

Adetunji T. Toriola, MD, PhD, MPH, will receive the AACR Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research at this year’s San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

PHILADELPHIA — Patients with rheumatic diseases and previous malignancy do not demonstrate a higher cancer risk with TNF inhibitors vs. other biologic and targeted synthetic DMARDs, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2022.

Diets high in healthy plant foods and low in unhealthy plant foods were associated with a lower colorectal cancer risk in men, a recent study published in BMC Medicine found.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Pancreatic cancer screenings in high-risk individuals identified high-risk lesions in nearly 1% of patients and intermediate-risk pathology in more than 30%, according to data presented at the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Recommended surveillance interval was the most important modifiable risk factor for post-colonoscopy colorectal cancer at 3 years, according to research presented at the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting.