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3. Why We Screen for Some Cancers and Not Others |
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Screening tests are powerful tools in helping find cancer early or even preventing it. But they aren’t perfect. Find out what’s behind guidelines that tell us what screening tests to get and when. |
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09/09/2019
American Cancer Society |
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4. Pivotal New Data from Merck’s Broad Oncology Portfolio at ESMO 2019 Congress |
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Phase 3 Data for KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) as Neoadjuvant Therapy in Combination with Chemotherapy in Patients with Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (KEYNOTE-522) to be Featured in ESMO Presidential Symposium and Official Press Program
Data for LYNPARZA Included in ESMO Presidential Symposium and Official Press Program: in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (PROfound) and in Advanced Ovarian Cancer (PAOLA-1) |
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09/09/2019
MERCK |
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6. Half of US Teens Getting HPV Vaccinations |
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that just over half (51.1%) of teenagers were fully vaccinated for human papillomavirus (HPV) as of 2018, up 2.5 percentage points from 48.6% in 2017. |
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08/29/2019
American Cancer Society |
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8. Study: Hormone Treatment for Prostate Cancer Linked With Dementia |
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Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania found that older prostate cancer patients getting hormone treatment, called androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), were more likely to be diagnosed later with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. |
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07/30/2019
American Cancer Society |
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9. Study: Lack of Education About Melanoma May Contribute to Black-White Survival Disparities |
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It’s true that people with darker skin have a lower risk of melanoma. But as a recent study of non-Hispanic black Americans showed, it’s also true that they’re more likely to have lower survival rates when they are diagnosed. That’s partly because compared with non-Hispanic whites, people with darker skin are more often diagnosed with later-stage melanoma (after it’s spread). It’s also because the most common type of melanoma for them?called acral lentiginous melanoma (ALM)?has a lower survival rate. |
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07/23/2019
American Cancer Society |
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12. More Colorectal Cancer Diagnoses in People Under 55 Aren’t Only Because of More Colonoscopies |
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is being diagnosed more often in the United States among adults younger than age 55. Does this mean more of them are getting colorectal cancer? Or are doctors finding it more often because more younger adults are having colonoscopies? In a study published in the Journal of Medical Screening, researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) ... |
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07/12/2019
American Cancer Society |
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15. Nuclear Stress Test Helps Identify Heart Attack Risk in People with Diabetes |
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A nuclear stress test called PET MPI can help identify diabetic patients who are at greater risk for coronary artery disease and heart attack. / PET MPI uses radioisotopes and a special camera to show how well blood is flowing in the heart when it is under stress. / The results showed that an abnormal PET MPI was associated with increased risk of cardiac death in all important clinical subgroups of diabetic patients. |
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06/27/2019
Radiological Society of North America |
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