Cancer Prevention News

Cigarette smoking, excess body weight and alcohol intake represented the three most prevalent modifiable risk factors for cancer, according to an American Cancer Society study published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.

For the first time, researchers have found evidence that the HPV vaccine prevents an incurable respiratory infection in children.

On Nov. 1, Chuck Norris, Hollywood actor and martial artist, took on a new type of battle: fighting against medical device manufacturers in a lawsuit alleging that his wife contracted gadolinium poisoning from a contrast agent used for an MRI scan.

The relative survival rate for an individual with HPV-associated cancer appeared largely dependent on demographic characteristics such as sex, race and age, according to a population-based study.

Women with HIV on ART had a lower prevalence of high-risk HPV infection, high-grade cervical lesions and invasive cervical cancer than women who were not receiving ART, according to results of a recent meta-analysis.

Helicobacter pylori eradication reduced the risk for gastric cancer in patients aged older than 60 years, who showed a 22% lower risk vs. the general population, according to new research shared at UEG Week.

Long-term aspirin use significantly reduced the incidence of many cancers, but was especially protective against gastrointestinal cancers, according to new research presented at UEG Week.

Safety issues, such as increased risk for adverse autoimmune and neurological outcomes, were not prevalent following quadrivalent HPV vaccination among adult women, according to findings published in the Journal of Internal Medicine.

Artificial intelligence-assisted endoscopy was feasible for automatic polyp detection during colonoscopy, according to new research presented at UEG Week.

Provider and public education, research and advocacy should be the focus of multidisciplinary efforts to prevent and treat obesity, according to recommendations developed from an ASCO summit on obesity.