Cancer Prevention News

Breast cancer screening costs have risen considerably since 2013 due to the primary adoption of digital breast tomosynthesis over two-dimensional mammography, according to a research letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

A healthy lifestyle can reduce overall cancer incidence even among individuals identified by a personalized indicator as having a high genetic risk, according to study results published in Cancer Research.

In utero events such as maternal obesity and weight gain increased the risk for colorectal cancer development among adult offspring, according to research published in Gut.

Higher intake of vitamin D correlated with a decreased risk for early-onset colorectal cancer and CRC precursors among a cohort of young women, according to research published in Gastroenterology.

More than 1 in 4 men aged 55 to 69 years and 1 in 3 men aged 70 years and older underwent prostate cancer screening in the previous 12 months, “suggesting potential overuse among some men,” researchers reported.

Many transgender men and nonbinary people assigned female at birth, or TMNB, reported barriers to cervical cancer screening, according to results of a cross-sectional survey of these underserved populations.

During a communication experiment, brief videos of a pediatrician announcing to parents that their child is due for an HPV vaccine and easing their concerns reduced HPV vaccine hesitancy, data showed.

Alcohol consumption appeared linked to more than 740,000 new cancer diagnoses in 2020, equivalent to 4% of cases worldwide.

Researchers validated a liver cancer risk test algorithm for identifying patients with chronic hepatitis C at low risk for hepatocellular carcinoma, according to a study presented at The Digital International Liver Congress.

No methods or tests are available to detect susceptibility to acute lymphoblastic leukemia or lymphoblastic lymphomas. Likewise, there are no methodology or means to prevent these disorders.