Cancer Screening

The American Cancer Society estimates there will be approximately 1.8 million new cancer diagnoses and 606,520 cancer-related deaths in the United States this year. As of January 2019, there were about 16.9 million cancer survivors in the country, representing approximately 5% of the U.S. population, according to the National Cancer Institute.

Increases in the proportion of patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at an earlier stage and younger age may be due to improvements in early detection and diagnosis, according to study results published in Journal of National Cancer Institute.

Women may not need annual breast cancer screening past the age of 75 years, according to research published in the Annals of Internal Medicine that found continuing screening after that age did not lead to substantial reductions in breast cancer mortality.

In a study of models for predicting malignancy in pulmonary nodules, researchers found that those developed using data from the Pan-Canadian Early Detection of Lung Cancer low-dose CT screening trial showed good discrimination and fared better than several other prediction models.

Screening men for prostate cancer based on their risk for the disease can potentially reduce overdiagnosis and improve a program’s cost-effectiveness, according to data from a modeling study published in PLoS One.

In the age of digital communication, clicks, views and “likes” can be valuable measures of the visibility and reach of health awareness campaigns.

Mailing HPV testing kits to women who were overdue for recommended Pap testing led to 50% more cervical cancer screenings but they did not increase the detection of cervical precancer, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Screening rates for colorectal cancer have increased over the last decade, according to data published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. However, researchers found that despite this uptick, disparities in screening rates persist among racial and ethnic minority groups.

Many LGBTQI+ Latinx individuals are afraid to share their gender identity and sexual orientation with a health care provider, and the vast majority do not receive tailored information on cancer screening and prevention, according to results of a survey-based study presented at American Association for Cancer Research Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved.

BARCELONA — The PLCOm2012 risk prediction model improved the detection of lung cancer compared with criteria that form the basis of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations on lung cancer screening, according to results of a prospective trial presented during the presidential symposium of International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer World Conference on Lung Cancer.