Cancer Prevention News

Women older than 75 years who were provided with a mammography screening decision aid before visiting their primary care physician were more likely to make more informed screening decisions than those who did not receive the decision aid, according to randomized clinical trial results published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Public-facing websites of cancer screening programs in the United States often fail to present balanced information about the possible benefits and harms of screening, according to an analysis published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

“Multiple gaps exist in the routine cardiovascular care of the cancer survivor, especially around primary prevention efforts and surveillance for incident cardiovascular disease [CVD],” Steven Philips, MD, PhD, cardiology fellow at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and Vlad G. Zaha, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the center’s division of cardiology, wrote in a column for Cardiology Today.

Breastfeeding appeared to be associated with reduced risk for overall ovarian cancer and for the high-grade serous subtype, according to results of a pooled analysis published in JAMA Oncology.

Increases in the proportion of patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at an earlier stage and younger age may be due to improvements in early detection and diagnosis, according to study results published in Journal of National Cancer Institute.

The FDA has issued a final rule requiring new health warnings on cigarette packages and in cigarette advertisements that include textual statements and photo-realistic color images depicting some of the lesser-known but serious health risks of cigarette smoking, according to a press release.

Cancer death rates declined between 2001 and 2017 in the United States for all cancer sites combined, according to the Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer published in Cancer.

Today is International HPV Awareness Day.

American Cancer Society presented its Medal of Honor to three individuals.

Adolescent obesity is linked to midlife cancer risk among men and women, highlighting the need to tackle obesity early in life, according to findings from a population-based study published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.