Cancer Prevention News

Multicomponent interventions effectively increase colorectal cancer screening with colonoscopy or fecal occult blood testing, according to a CDC report.

ASCO today issued a position statement that proposes a wide range of cost-cutting strategies that can be tested to help lower drug costs based on a standard definition of value.

Weight gain from early to middle adulthood was associated with increased risk for morbidity and mortality, and decreased the odds of healthy aging, according to new findings published in JAMA.

Women who experienced predefined symptoms of adverse effects from preventive breast cancer drugs in the first 6 months of treatment appeared less likely to adhere to preventive therapy, according to findings from a randomized controlled trial.

Recent changes to the cervical cancer screening guideline changes were associated with lower chlamydia testing rates and more reported new cases of chlamydia in females in Ontario, Canada, according to research recently published in Annals of Family Medicine.

People are more likely to undergo colorectal cancer screening if their insurance policy covers computed tomographic colonography, according to new research.

Prevalence of HPV genotypes targeted by a quadrivalent vaccine fell by more than half among young women in the 8 years following introduction of the vaccine, study data showed.

Holocaust survivors exposed to a variety of severe deprivations demonstrated a small, but consistent, increase in cancer risk, according to results of a nationwide cohort study conducted in Israel.

While the Mediterranean diet has been linked to a reduced risk for colorectal cancer, three key elements of the diet are most important for preventing the development of precancerous polyps, according to new research presented at the ESMO World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer.

New research warrants flexible sigmoidoscopy screening starting at age 40 in average risk individuals given the rising incidence of early-onset colorectal cancer and the left-sided predominance of CRC in these patients, according to a presentation at the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting.