Cancer in the News
Spring/Summer 2021
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Spring/Summer/Fall & Winter 2020-2021
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Summer 2019
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Spring 2019
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Winter 2018 - 2019
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Summer 2018
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- CDC reports 80% declines in breast, cervical cancer screenings during start of pandemic
- Choosing between a lumpectomy and a mastectomy
- Cervical Screening for Trans Men and Non-Binary People
- HPV vaccination is lowering U.S. cervical cancer rates
- England’s NHS Launches Initiative To Test At-Home HPV Swab Tests
- Many Patients Prefer Stool-Based Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
- Study finds disparities in colorectal cancer screenings
- ACG Updates Guidelines for Colorectal Cancer Screening
- Texting May Help Reduce Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Screening
- Text Reminders + Mailed Home Testing Up Colorectal Cancer Screening
- Mayo Clinic Minute: Understanding lung cancer
- New Lung Cancer Screening Recommendation, Starting at Age 50, Expands Access but May Not Address Inequities
- USPSTF Expands Criteria for Lung Cancer Screening
- 15 Strategies That Help Prevent Skin Cancer, According to Dermatologists
- Many Americans Wrong About Sun's Skin Cancer Dangers: Poll
- Your Skin Cancer Physical Exam: What to Expect
- Cancer screenings rebounded in 2020 after COVID, but racial disparities remain
- New $9.8 Million NCI Grant Awarded to Study Hispanic/Latino Cancer Survivorship
- Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Continues to be Suboptimal in the United States
- The American Cancer Society Encourages Parents to Reschedule Missed Vaccine Visits for Kids
- COVID-19 Risks When You Have Cancer
- COVID: More Cancers Being Diagnosed at Later Stages
- Lack of diversity in genomic databases may affect therapy selection for minority groups
- "When the pain is so acute or if I think that I'm going to die": Health care seeking behaviors and experiences of transgender and gender diverse people in an urban area
- Cancer Screening in the Transgender Population
- NCI statement on ending structural racism in biomedical research
Spring/Summer/Fall & Winter 2020-2021
Breast Cancer
- Metastatic HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
- How to Feel Better During Breast Cancer Treatment
- Study Finds Missing Regular Mammogram Increases Risk of Death from Breast Cancer
- Underarm Lump After COVID Shot Is Likely Lymph Swelling, Not Breast Cancer, Experts Say
- Race, income, education affect access to 3-D mammography
- Scientists discover link between nicotine and breast cancer metastasis
- Racial disparities in stage of breast cancer diagnosis
- Monitoring Metastatic Breast Cancer Treatment Response: 5 Things to Know
- Food, housing insecurities may delay breast cancer diagnosis
- 10 Things Young Women Should Know About Breast Cancer
- Spotting breast cancer's spread to the brain before symptoms start could improve survival
- Few U.S. Women Know About Cancer That Develops Near Breast Implants: Study
- For Women with Breast Cancer, Regular Exercise May Improve Survival
- Tailoring Treatment for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
- Breast Cancer Group Issues Treatment Guidelines for Coronavirus Pandemic
- Community health workers employed to increase cancer screenings save health systems money
- January 2021 - Cervical Cancer Prevention Month
- 11-Year-Olds Could Receive Vaccines Without Parental Consent in DC
- Large Study Confirms that HPV Vaccine Prevents Cervical Cancer
- Pap/HPV Cotesting Better for Cervical Cancer Screening in Over 30s
- HPV Viral Load and Long-Term Survival in Cervical Cancer
- Don't Let the COVID-19 Pandemic Stall Your Colorectal Cancer Screening
- Take-at-home tests boost colorectal cancer screening tenfold for health center serving minorities
- Obesity's Influence on Colon Cancer Risk
- Medicaid expansion may result in earlier diagnosis of colon cancer
- Colon cancer: A growing risk for young men
- Why Is Colorectal Cancer Rising among Young Adults?
- Colon Cancer Screening Should Start at Age 45
- Q&A: Blood test preferred over FIT, colonoscopy for CRC screening
- Conditions That Increase Risk of Colorectal Cancer Are On the Rise Among Millennials
- Geographical Hot Spots for Early-Onset Colon Cancer
- Research Finds Concerning Drop in U.S. Colorectal Cancer Screenings and Surgeries
- What is Advanced Colon Cancer?
- Colorectal Cancer Proposed Treatment Guidelines for COVID-19 Era
- Among Black Women, Delayed Endometrial Cancer Diagnosis May Be Due To Knowledge Gaps, Provider Responses
- How long is it safe to delay gynecologic cancer surgery?
- Rural, urban disparities seen for new liver cancer cases
- NIH scientists develop blood test to help improve liver cancer screening
- Lung Cancer vs. Pneumonia: What Are the Differences?
- More Than 12 Percent of Newly Diagnosed Lung Cancer Patients in the US Never Smoked Cigarettes According to New Population-Based Study
- Fewer adults follow lung cancer screening guidelines than previously reported
- First Population-Based Study Finds State-Level Lung Cancer Screening Rates Not Aligned With Lung Cancer Burden in the U.S.
- New treatments spur sharp reduction in lung cancer mortality rate
- New Guidelines Could Double Number Eligible for Lung Cancer Screening
- Lung cancer in non-smokers likely to respond differently to treatment
- Using Artificial Intelligence To Diagnose Lung Cancer
- In Nonsmokers, COPD May Up Lung Cancer Risk
- Half of Women Treated for Gynecologic Cancers Miss or Skip Doses of Oral Drugs
- 'Silent' Symptoms of Ovarian Cancer
- Stages of Ovarian Cancer
- Ovarian Cancer: Myths vs. Facts
- Indoor tanning decreased in high school students following age restrictions
- An Unexpected Diagnosis – the Risks of Underestimating Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer
- Wearable patch may provide new treatment option for skin cancer
- As Summer Starts, Sun Safety Slashes Skin Cancer Risk
- Melanoma, the most serious skin cancer, is killing fewer people, likely due to new treatments
- One-Third of Cancer Survivors Worried About Treatment and Healthcare Disruptions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Cancer Deaths Attributable to Cigarette Smoking in 152 U.S. Metropolitan and Micropolitan Areas
- Study shows sharp decline in cancer screenings, diagnoses during the first COVID-19 surge
- New research highlights dangerous disparities for life-saving cancer screening
- Cancer Survivors at Higher Odds for Second Cancer: Study
- What Patients With Cancer, Survivors Need to Know About the Emergency Use Authorization of COVID-19 Vaccine
- Why Some Immunocompromised People May Not Be Eligible for a COVID-19 Vaccine
- Venous Thromboembolism Risk Steadily Increasing in Cancer
- Combined exercise, mindfulness training may help reduce fatigue in cancer survivors
- At-Home Cancer Screening Could Thrive After the Pandemic
- Patients with Cancer Less Likely to Enroll in Clinical Trials Due to COVID-19
- What Are the Top Ten Cancers?
- Cancer Health Disparities Continue
- As Virtual Doctor Visits Spike, Concerns About Equity, Missed Diagnoses Grow
- Cancer care providers show varying attitudes, knowledge of LGBTQ patients
- Historical racial and ethnic health inequities account for disproportionate COVID-19 impact
- U.S. counties with persistent poverty have higher cancer mortality rates
- Certain Cancer Treatments May Heighten Danger From COVID-19
- Prior Health Insurance Coverage Disruptions Linked to Issues with Healthcare Access and Affordability for Currently Insured Cancer Survivors
- Not All Cancer Outpatients Require COVID-19 Testing
- Gastric cancer rates high among certain ethnic groups aged 50 years or older
- How CRISPR Is Changing Cancer Research and Treatment
- Community-Based Genetic Screening May Improve Population Health
- Researchers Reveal Racial Disparities in Access to Remdesivir for Patients With Cancer and COVID-19
- Cancer-Related Patient Encounters Have Decreased Due To COVID-19 Pandemic
- Study Links Mental Health Treatment to Improved Cancer Survival
- American Cancer Society Updates Guideline for HPV Vaccination
- Second wave could 'jeopardize cancer recovery'
- Too much sitting raises your risk for cancer, study finds
- People with Cancer Have to Choose Between Treatment and COVID-19 Risks
- 'A Good and Peaceful Death': Cancer Hospice in the Pandemic
- A Good Vitamin D Status Can Protect Against Cancer
- Study Puts Price Tag on Lost Earnings from Racial Disparities in Cancer Mortality
- American Cancer Society Updates Guideline for Diet and Physical Activity
- Advanced Prostate Cancer Cases Are Rising: Are PSA Screening Standards to Blame?
- Study Examines Whether Blood Test Can Identify Early Cancers
- How Does COVID-19 Affect People with Cancer? NCCAPS Will Help Find Out
- For Cancer Patients, Anguish Grows Over Deferred Surgery As Risk Rises
- Adults with cancer appear more vulnerable to COVID-19
- Pandemic Is Putting Cutting-Edge Cancer Research on Hold: Survey
- More Than 80,000 Diagnoses Of Five Common Cancers May Be Missed Or Delayed Because Of Disruptions Caused By COVID-19 Pandemic
- Don't ignore vague symptoms of cancer during pandemic, urge researchers
- Routine Medical Tests And Cancer Screenings Have Plummeted Since Coronavirus Pandemic
- COVID-19 Mortality Spikes in Patients With Lung, Blood Cancers
- White, Black, And Hispanic Patients With Cancer May Have Worse Survival Rates Than Asian Patients With Same Types Of Cancer Types
- Coping With Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Advance Care Planning With Providers Is Helpful For Patients With Metastatic Cancer
Breast Cancer
- What Are Breast Cancer Survival Rates by Stage?
- Heart Disease Biggest Killer Among Breast Cancer Survivors
- What Are Breast Cancer Survival Rates by Stage?
- Permanent hair dye and straighteners may increase breast cancer risk
- A Workplace Benefit On The Rise: Mobile Mammography
- Mindfulness may be a balm for breast cancer patients
- Decades-long drop in breast cancer death rate continues
- Screening mammography could benefit men at high risk of breast cancer
- The path of breast-to-brain cancer metastasis
- Cervical Cancer Could All But Disappear in North America by 2040
- Young women still may be getting unnecessary pelvic exam
- HPV Immunization Program Cuts Pre-Cancer Rates by More Than Half
- March Is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: 5 Things You Should Know
- Strong Support Network Is Key to Women's Cancer Recovery: Study
- Colon Cancer Hits Poor, City Dwellers Hardest: Study
- Use of Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests: 2018 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
- Minorities Less Likely to Get Recommended Lung Cancer Imaging
- Cancer Mortality Continues Steady Decline, Driven by Progress Against Lung Cancer
- U.S. states can do more to prevent, treat lung cancer
- Tone Down Your Risk of Skin Cancer
- Despite Danger, Tanning Beds Still a Fixture in Many Gyms
- Study: Melanoma rates drop sharply among teens, young adults
- Some Skin Cancers May Start in Hair Follicles
- Cancer Death Rates Continue to Fall in U.S., Report Says
- Engaging Community Health Workers to Increase Cancer Screening is Effective and Cost-Effective
- Screening Mammography Visits Useful for Smoking Cessation, Lung Cancer Screening Referrals
- Incidence of early-onset gastric cancer increasing in the U.S.
- Regular Exercise Linked to Reduced Risk of Several Cancers
- Many younger patients with stomach cancer have a distinct disease, research discovers
- Assessing different HPV vaccines and vaccine schedules in adolescent girls and boys
- Cancer Screening Less Likely Among Women With Schizophrenia
- HPV Blamed for Rising Rates of Anal Cancer
- What makes a cancer test?
- Head and neck cancer patients benefited from Affordable Care Act
- Survey Reveals Many Americans Lack Cancer Prevention Knowledge
- Study Finds Racial Disparities in Culturally Competent Cancer Care
- Financial Hardship in Cancer: The Role of Health Insurance Literacy
- Cancer data provide insights into occurrence, overdiagnosis, and treatment advances
- Most Adults Unaware of Link Between HPV and Oral, Penile, and Anal Cancers
Summer 2019
Breast Cancer
- For Some Women with Breast Cancer, Cost Affects Choices about Surgery
- Breast Implants Tied to Rare Cancer Recalled
- Study confirms disparities in triple-negative breast cancer diagnoses
- Knowing BRCA Status Associated With Better Breast Cancer Outcomes Even Without Surgery
- Making Sense of Mammography Guidelines
- Unhealthy Gut Promotes Spread of Breast Cancer
- HPV Vaccination Rate in U.S. Girls Has Stalled
- HPV vaccine now recommended through age 45 in some cases
- IBD and colon cancer: How often do you need screening?
- These common antibiotics could increase colon cancer risk
- More People Developing Colorectal Cancer Before Age 50
- A Gut Feeling: Microbiome Changes May Mean Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer
- America's Obesity Epidemic May Mean Some Cancers Are Striking Sooner
- The Hidden Costs of Cancer
- Key step toward cancer treatments that leave healthy cells unharmed
- Using facts to promote cancer prevention on social media is more effective than anecdotes
- What the Science Really Says About Grilled Meat and Cancer Risk
- Fracking linked to higher radon levels in Ohio homes
- Researchers study new treatment for pancreatic cancer
Spring 2019
Breast Cancer
- Less fat, more fruit may cut risk of dying of breast cancer
- Test Allows Doctors to Determine Most Effective Treatment for Women With Breast Cancer
- Genetic Testing in Women Diagnosed With Breast Cancer Decreases Cost of Care Nationwide
- Young women with breast cancer pursue aggressive surgery
- Do breast cancer patients skip follow-up?
- Cytologic HPV screening every 3 years ideal for women aged 21 to 29
- Is HPV co-testing really the best screening option?
- Urine test could prevent cervical cancer
- Recent decline seen in high-grade cervical lesions
- Socioeconomic barriers limit successful cervical cancer screening
- Older Women Have the Highest Risk of Dying from Cervical Cancer
- More Evidence HPV Vaccine Cuts Cervical Cancer Rate
- Colon Cancer Screenings Increase When Medicaid Arrives
- Right Combination of Diet and Bacteria Limits Cancer Progression
- Barriers and Facilitators of FIT Colorectal Cancer Screening
- Global Microbial Signatures for Colorectal Cancer
- A Call for Action: Responding to the Increasing Incidence of Liver Cancer in the United States
- Liver Cancer Deaths Rising Faster Among Less Educated Adults
- Why Men Are More Likely to Develop Liver Cancer
- Vitamin D Could Help Cancer Patients Live Longer
- Score One for Minimally Invasive Cancer Surgery
- Trans masculine individuals: HPV prevention and screening critical, Fenway says
- Researchers at Danbury Hospital are developing an early detection and screening tool for gynecological cancers
- Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer Women with Cancer Face Lower Rates of Survival
- Quitting Smoking Helps Shield Women From Bladder Cancer: Study
- Medical Costs Create Hardships for More Than Half of Americans
- What Can Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender (LGBT) Communities Do To Advance The Shared Goal To Screen 80% Of Age-Eligble Adults For Colorectal Cancer?
- Cancer: Highly personalized therapy can improve outcomes
- Magic Mouthwash Effective Treatment for Mouth Sore Pain Caused by Radiation Therapy
- Urinary HPV DNA testing can reach additional women
- How Can Therapy for Heart Attack Patients Help Cancer Survivors?
- ‘Eye-opening’ Disparities in Uptake of Cancer Prevention Strategies
- Caring for an Older Adult With Cancer Comes With Emotional Challenges for Caregivers, Too
Winter 2018 - 2019
Breast Cancer
- Mammography: What You Need to Know
- 3D Mammography Significantly Reduces Breast Biopsy Rates
- Breast cancer: Does stress fuel its spread?
- New findings indicate additional benefits of exercise to breast cancer survivors
- Stress hormones promote breast cancer metastasis
- Challenges, opportunities remain in breast cancer survivorship care
- Too few women getting cervical cancer screening
- Vaccine, Screening Can Prevent Cervical Cancer Deaths
- Colon Cancer Screening Can Save Your Life
- Exercise Might Slow Colon Cancer's Advance
- Detecting Colorectal Cancer
- Sitting, Watching TV: Colorectal Cancer Risk
- Program Slashed Racial Disparities in Early Lung Cancer Tx
- Doctors Dramatically Reduce Racial Disparities in Early-Stage Lung Cancer Treatment
- Trials Test New Approach to Hereditary Ovarian Ca Risk Reduction
- Shared genetic marker offers new promise in targeting specific ovarian and lung cancers
- Do all chemotherapies have equal long-term heart risk?
- Cancer Survivors Face Significant Hardships Related to Medical Bills
- Researchers target metastasis in fight against cancer
- Oncologists ’should be proactive’ in advising patients on social media benefits, pitfalls
- First-ever Lynch Syndrome Center offers genetic testing, personalized screening plans
- Cancer: Does mental health influence a person's outlook?
- Do Keloids Convey a Higher Cancer Risk?
- 4 Important Steps to Take After a Cancer Diagnosis
- HPV Might Be Behind Vocal Cord Cancers in Young
- Hospitals serving more minorities may offer less palliative care
- Obesity-related cancers on rise in young adults
- HPV Infection May Be Behind Rise in Vocal-Cord Cancers Among Young Nonsmokers
- The 10 cancers US women are most likely to face
- Can HPV Vax Confer 'Herd Protection' to Young Women?
- HPV vaccination rates remain critically low among younger adolescents in the U.S.
- Certain Carbs Linked to Lower CVD, Diabetes, Cancer Risk
Summer 2018
Breast Cancer
- For women with genetic risk, twice-a-year MRI beats mammograms
- How does diet impact breast cancer risk?
- High Fruit and Vegetable Consumption May Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer
- Tailorx Trial Finds Most Women With Early Breast Cancer Do Not Benefit From Chemotherapy
- Making Room for Cervical Ca Screening, Tx in Latina Lives
- Catch-Up HPV Vaccine Effective for Women Aged Up to 20 Years, US Study Suggests
- Cancer Prevention Message Is Key for HPV Vaccination Discussions with Parents
- First Birth Cohort to Receive HPV Vaccine: The Vaccine Works
- Cervical cancer may be driven by imbalance in vaginal bacteria, research finds
- Deaths From Alcohol-Related Liver Disease Deaths and Liver Cancer On the Rise Among Young Americans
- Liver Cancer Death Rates Rise 43%, CDC Reports
- Lung Cancer Mortality Rates Among Women Projected to Increase by Over 40 Percent by 2030
- Lung cancer screening guidelines inadequate for high-risk minorities
- Surgical Advances in Lung Cancer – New Techniques May Help Some Lung Cancer Patients Beat the Disease Earlier
- Lung Cancer Risk Drops Substantially Within Five Years of Quitting, New Research Finds
- Toward an 'Ultra-Personalized' Therapy for Melanoma
- Common Skin Cancer Can Signal Increased Risk of Other Cancers
- Sunscreen users receive less than half the sun protection they think, study finds
- 10 Things You May (or May Not) Know Cause Skin Cancer
- R10 acial disparities in fifth-grade sun protection: Evidence from the Healthy Passages study
- Sunscreen Reduces Melanoma Risk by 40 Per Cent in Young People
- 'Face-Aging' Photos Convince Tanners to Shun the Sun
Spring 2018
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