Cancer Prevention News

Individuals who received monthly high concentrations of vitamin D without calcium did not appear to have lower risk for cancer, according to findings from a post-hoc analysis of the Vitamin D Assessment study.

With just 10 days remaining until the end of the comment period for the changes to Title X proposed by HHS, the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, or ACOG, held a press conference with several other major health care associations to raise awareness of the threats posed by the changes.

In patients with chronic hepatitis B infection, treatment with tenofovir disoproxil may significantly reduce the risk for hepatocellular carcinoma, according to study findings published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

Researchers from the American Cancer Society identified trends in disparities and outcomes for cancer over the last few decades in an effort to highlight the need for better quality care for all individuals with cancer, according to a report published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.

Vitamin D concentrations of 60 ng/mL or higher in blood plasma significantly reduced the risk for breast cancer among postmenopausal women, according to a study published in PLoS One.

Not screening women at lower risk for breast cancer could make screening programs more cost-effective and reduce overdiagnosis, according to data from a life-table model from researchers in the U.K.

Women screened for cervical cancer via primary HPV testing had a lower likelihood of developing grade 3 cervical intraepithelial neoplasia lesions at 48 months than women who underwent standard cytology testing, according to results from the randomized HPV FOCAL clinical trial.

Residents of ‘cold spots’ — deprived communities that lack essential opportunities for health — were more likely to have obesity, poor diabetes control, and less likely to undergo colon cancer screening, according to findings recently published in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.

Women on Medicare who had a screening mammogram were more likely to abide by other preventive guidelines, according to findings recently published in Radiology.

A new screening tool — the HUNT Lung Cancer Risk Model — predicted lung cancer with almost 88% accuracy, according to findings recently published in EBioMedicine.