Cancer Prevention News

Life expectancy is up and tobacco use is down, but there are still several concerning health indicators in the CDC’s 40th annual report on long-term trends in health and health care delivery of the nation between 1975 and 2015 which was delivered from the Secretary of HHS to President Donald Trump and Congress.

Former Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, PhD, launched the Biden Cancer Initiative today.

A two-dose regimen of the Cervarix HPV vaccine in girls remained noninferior to the three-dose regimen in young women 3 years after vaccination, according to researchers.

PHILADELPHIA — Health care providers who followed a point of care integrated breast cancer screening model referred more patients, and had more patients get mammograms, than those providers who referred only at preventive care visits, according to a presenter here at the annual meeting of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.

The U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer Screening has released new recommendations that rank screening options for average-risk individuals, acknowledge the increasing incidence of CRC in younger Americans, and suggest that black Americans should begin screening earlier at age 45.

This year’s ASCO Annual Meeting, held June 2-6 in Chicago, featured the theme “Making a Difference in Cancer Care With You.”

Higher dietary intake of isoflavones — the compound found primarily in soy — appeared associated with reduced all-cause mortality among women diagnosed with breast cancer, according to results of an epidemiological analysis.

Women who used oral contraceptives did not demonstrate increased long-term cancer risk, according to results of the Royal College of General Practitioner’s Oral Contraception Study.

CHICAGO — Regular exercise, particularly during adolescence, may reduce risk for breast cancer in BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation carriers, according to preliminary data presented at the ASCO Annual Meeting.

CHICAGO — Genetic counseling referrals and testing appeared underutilized among high-risk women diagnosed with endometrial cancer, according to study results presented at the ASCO Annual Meeting.