Cancer Prevention News

Authors of a paper published in Annals of Internal Medicine proposed a standard definition of “overdiagnosis” regarding cancer screening to improve practices for estimating overdiagnosis and communicating potential harm to patients.

WASHINGTON — Patients who wait longer to undergo colonoscopy screening after a positive fecal immunochemical test are at higher risk for developing colorectal cancer, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week.

Eight years after a national HPV vaccination program was introduced in the United Kingdom, researchers documented substantial declines in the prevalence of some high-risk types of HPV in England, including the two that cause most cervical cancers, according to study results published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.

WASHINGTON — A machine learning model successfully identified all polyps in colonoscopies previously reviewed by expert colonoscopists and even found a few more, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week.

The FDA granted priority review to a supplemental biologics license application that seeks approval of the HPV 9-valent vaccine, recombinant, for use among women and men aged 27 to 45 years for the prevention of HPV-related cancers.

To make colorectal screening more affordable and available, AMA delegates endorsed an advocacy effort at their annual meeting today that supports Medicare coverage for colorectal cancer screenings that are in line with Affordable Care Act-compliant plans.

Several studies presented at Nutrition 2018 highlighted the health benefits of a vegetarian or primarily plant-based diet. The findings suggest that consuming such healthful diets is associated with a reduced risk for chronic diseases, such as heart disease and diabetes, as well as weight gain and death.

A broad spectrum of foods and beverages produced an equally diverse range of health benefits, according to findings presented at Nutrition 2018, the first-ever flagship meeting of the American Society for Nutrition.

The nation’s 70 NCI-designated cancer centers issued a joint statement today calling for increased gender-neutral HPV vaccination and evidenced-based screening in hopes of eliminating cancers caused by the virus.

WASHINGTON — In this exclusive video, Seth D. Crockett, MD, MPH, of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, highlights four key take-aways in colorectal cancer screening and prevention at Digestive Disease Week.