Cancer Prevention News

A recent study of cancer screening strategies found that cytologic testing every 3 years in women aged 21 to 29 years, with continued cytologic testing every 3 years or a switch to low-cost, high-risk HPV testing every 5 years in women aged 30 to 65 years, provided the best balance of benefits, harms and costs.

A new battle in the decades-long war between tobacco companies and health advocates recently began when the FDA permitted Philip Morris’ IQOS Tobacco Heating System to go on the U.S. market.

May is Mediterranean Diet Month, according to the American Diabetes Association’s Facebook page.

Fox Chase Cancer Center announced several faculty appointments and promotions.

Current smokers are less likely to meet recommendations for breast, prostate and colorectal cancer screenings than people who have never smoked, according to results from a recent study published in JAMA Network Open.

An investigational therapeutic vaccine eliminated high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and underlying HPV infection among one-third of women in a phase 2 trial, according to study results.

High levels of cardiorespiratory fitness appeared associated with reduced risk for lung and colorectal cancer, as well as lower risk for death after diagnosis with these cancers, according to study results published in Cancer.

Breast cancer risk after menopause may be lowered by as much as 65% by consuming more food and liquids with certain kinds of phenolic acids, some of which can be found in coffee, fruits and vegetables, according to findings presented at the European Congress on Obesity.

ATLANTA — Within 10 years of vaccine introduction, HPV prevalence decreased 86% among females aged 14 to 19 years in the United States, and 71% in women aged 20 to 24 years, according to study findings presented at the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service, or EIS, conference.

Vaccination of girls aged 12 to 13 years with the bivalent HPV vaccine in Scotland has resulted in a marked decline in preinvasive cervical disease, according to results of a study published in British Medical Journal.