Cancer Prevention News

ORLANDO — Despite the wide variety in guidelines for colorectal cancer, an expert at the Postgraduate Course prior to the World Congress of Gastroenterology at ACG 2017 said the best screening is ‘the one that gets done.’

In a draft recommendation statement, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said there is insufficient evidence to determine if the benefits outweigh the harms from counseling adults about skin self-examinations for the prevention of skin cancer.

A health care provider’s recommendation served as the most important factor for deciding to use selective ER modulators among women at high risk for breast cancer, according to an analysis from the NRG Oncology/National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project Decision-Making Project-1.

The 13 cancers associated with overweight and obesity accounted for about 40% of cancer diagnoses in the United States in 2014, according to data from the CDC published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Mike Schmidt, a Major League Baseball Hall of Famer who played 17 seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies, received a stage III melanoma diagnosis in 2013.

Medical diagnostics company Check-Cap announced it has filed for CE Mark registration for C-Scan, an ingestible capsule for preparation-free colorectal cancer screening.

Mike Schmidt, whose success during his 17-year career with the Philadelphia Phillies earned him induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, received a stage III melanoma diagnosis 4 years ago.

Mike Schmidt, elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995, developed a sense of invincibility during his 17-year career with the Philadelphia Phillies.

Mike Schmidt, a former member of the Philadelphia Phillies widely considered to be the greatest third baseman in Major League Baseball history, received a stage III melanoma diagnosis in 2013.

Mike Schmidt is widely considered the greatest third baseman in Major League Baseball history.