Cancer Prevention News

The AMA implored the public to stop using e-cigarette s until health officials can determine the cause of e-cigarette-associated lung illnesses in the United States.

An increase in female HPV vaccination in the United States appears to have provided unvaccinated men aged 18 to 59 years herd protection against vaccine-type oral HPV infections, according to findings published today in JAMA. No such herd protection was recorded among unvaccinated women.

BARCELONA — The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, or IASLC, today issued a declaration at its World Conference on Lung Cancer advising all physicians to screen their patients with cancer for tobacco use and recommend tobacco cessation.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force today recommended that clinicians offer breast cancer risk-reducing medications such as tamoxifen, raloxifene and aromatase inhibitors to asymptomatic women aged 35 years and older who are at elevated risk for developing the disease and low risk for adverse effects from the treatments.

Patients who received individualized advice directly from their general practitioner improved their sun protection, according to findings from a randomized controlled study.

CDC data showed that most of the estimated 34,800 cancers yearly attributed to HPV annually between 2012 and 2016 could have been prevented if the patient had received the 9-valent HPV vaccine.

HPV vaccine uptake increased slightly among adolescents from 2017 to 2018 in the United States, driven by an increase in uptake among boys, according to new vaccine coverage estimates. Researchers found that HPV vaccination was more likely among teenagers whose parents reported receiving a recommendation from their provider.

From 2014 to 2016, the FDA’s “The Real Cost” media campaign aimed at children and adolescents has prevented as many as 587,000 youths nationwide from initiating smoking, according to data published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that primary care physicians assess women with a familial risk assessment tool if they have family history of breast, ovarian, tubal or peritoneal cancer, or if they have an ancestry associated with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations.

The FDA has issued a proposed rule that would require cigarette packaging and advertisements to include new health warnings with photo-realistic images about the lesser-known, but serious, health risks of cigarette smoking, according to an agency press release.