Cancer Prevention News

The American Society of Clinical Oncology, or ASCO, has released the first guideline on primary prevention of cervical cancer that accommodate multiple regions of the world and their varied socioeconomic and structural resources.

Over the next 10 years, the number of cancer survivors in the United States is expected to grow from 15.5 million to 20.3 million, according to ASCO’s State of Cancer Care in America: 2017 report released today.

An estimated 22,000 new cases of ovarian cancer are diagnosed in the United States each year, and mortality rates are high if the disease is not caught and treated early.

Researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston recently received an influx of funding for their attempt to increase HPV vaccination rates in local youths.

Many of the nation’s leading research organizations and cancer centers have voiced their opposition to President Donald J. Trump’s proposed budget, which includes a $5.8 billion cut to NIH funding in 2018.

Cancer researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed an online cancer database designed to streamline the sharing of tumor-related genetic information.

The majority of U.S. hematologists–oncologists who use Twitter reported at least one financial conflict of interest made public through the federal Open Payments program, according to study results published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Since President Clinton officially dedicated the month of March as National Colon Cancer Awareness Month in the year 2000, it has become an important catalyst for patients, survivors, physicians and advocates to raise awareness about the importance of getting screened.

There is a lack of current evidence to determine the balance of benefits and harms of performing periodic screening pelvic examinations in asymptomatic, nonpregnant adult women, according to a recommendation statement by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

Bruce E. Johnson, MD, FASCO, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and institute physician at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, will become president of ASCO during the society’s annual meeting in June.