Cancer Screening

The World Cancer Congress will be held Oct. 18-20 in Geneva.

A novel multicancer early detection blood test identified a common signal for more than 50 cancer types and predicted where the signal originated in the body among individuals with undiagnosed cancer.

Electronic noses that detect volatile organic compounds in exhaled breath have emerged as potential tools for cancer detection, but more investigation is needed before they can become part of the diagnostic workup, according to researchers.

Background parenchymal enhancement at surveillance breast MRI appeared independently associated with future second breast cancer risk among women with a personal history of breast cancer, according to study results published in Radiology.

Cigarette smoking-attributable cancer deaths appeared associated with nearly 2.2 million person-years of life lost and $20.9 billion in lost earnings across the United States in 2019, according to study results.

Several health provisions guaranteed by the Affordable Care Act have been widely popular among the American people and saved countless lives ever since this landmark piece of legislation was enacted into law.

PSA screening appeared associated with lower prostate cancer-specific mortality among both black men and non-Hispanic white men, according to study results published in JAMA Oncology.

Community-dwelling older adult smokers for whom annual low-dose CT screening is not recommended had a 10-fold higher risk for lung cancer compared with never smokers, according to study results.

CHICAGO — In rare hereditary cancers such as paraganglioma/pheochromocytoma, where patients travel for their care, COVID caused a disruption in their screening and treatments, according to a poster presented during ASCO Annual Meeting.

The Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland and the British Society of Gastroenterology have published a joint guideline for the strategic use of fecal immunochemical testing in people with suspected colorectal cancer.