Adherence to global health recommendations cuts risk for some cancers
Jul 18, 2023
Authors emphasize findings support maintaining healthy lifestyle
Aggressive end-of-life care often used in seniors with metastatic cancer
Feb 24, 2023
Aggressive end-of-life care used more often by nursing home residents than community-dwelling residents aged 66 years or older
Overall cancer mortality continued to decline from 2019 to 2020
Jan 12, 2023
The prostate cancer incidence increased from 2014 to 2019; there was a large decrease in cervical cancer incidence linked to the HPV vaccine.
Cancer screening and detection remain Below prepandemic levels
Nov 18, 2022
The lower screening rates for cervical, breast and colorectal cancers suggest a “pattern of forgone care,” according to the researchers.
Overall cancer mortality 18 percent higher in AI/AN versus whites
Nov 08, 2022
Breast and prostate mortality rates were 8 and 31% higher, respectively, despite lower incidence rates.
More physical activity, less sitting may cut breast cancer risk
Sep 07, 2022
Lifelong physical activity or sedentary time, assessed by genotype, may be associated with risk for breast cancer.
Cancer risk lower with less meat consumption
Mar 08, 2022
The risk was 10% lower among fish eaters and 14% lower among vegetarians versus those eating meat more than five times per week.
Persistent Black-white disparities seen in cancer mortality
Feb 10, 2022
Mortality rates were 41% higher for breast cancer for Black women, despite similar or lower incidence rates compared with whites.
Genetic testing proposed for women with breast cancer diagnosis at age 65+
Aug 06, 2021
Women older than 65 years of age with estrogen receptor (ER)-negative breast cancer, and perhaps all older women with breast cancer, should be offered hereditary breast cancer testing, according to a study...
Breast cancer risk up with inflammatory potential of diet
Jun 09, 2021
Women in the highest quintile of inflammatory score of the diet had significantly increased risk, especially premenopausal women.