Cancer Prevention News

Most breast cancer centers in the United States recommend that women undergo screening mammography earlier and more often than recommended by national medical societies, data from a cross-sectional study in JAMA Internal Medicine show.

Anita Kinney, PhD, has been chosen president-elect of American Society of Preventive Oncology, which advocates for cancer prevention and control research.

Recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force aim to prevent premature deaths among all Americans — equally.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, people are putting off care, letting self-care strategies slip and falling back into unhealthy habits as they spend more time isolated and at home.

Today is International HPV Awareness Day.

Although extensive research has explored the potential association between vitamin D and cancer, studies have produced conflicting results.

Offering mammograms to low-income, hospitalized women who are overdue to receive one helps reduce barriers to screening that they may face in the outpatient setting, according to researchers.

A large epidemiological analysis shows cancer has replaced vascular disease as the leading cause of excess death among people with diabetes, suggesting improved lifestyle habits and cardiovascular disease prevention efforts may be working.

Klisyri, an FDA-approved Src kinase signaling inhibitor, was superior to placebo for the treatment of actinic keratoses, according to findings from two double-blind randomized trials published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Whole egg and cholesterol intake was associated with CVD, cancer and all-cause mortality, data from a cohort of more than a half million people showed.