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Established Risk Factors for Developing Female Breast Cancer

Large Studies Evaluating How to Personalize Breast Cancer Screening for All Women

In the era of personalized medicine, prevention and screening for breast cancer are evolving toward new approaches that assess each woman’s risk and lifestyle factors.

All women do not carry the same risk for the same type of breast cancer. The old one-size-fits-all screening method can miss the most aggressive forms of the disease, or result in overdiagnosis of indolent disease.

Precision cancer screening and prevention strategies: population risk, biological risk, modality, delivery

How Precision Cancer Prevention Can Promote Health Equity

Overall, cancer death rates in the United States have been declining about 2% per year, current SEER data from 2014 through 2018 show. However, these improvements have not been experienced equally by everyone, which is one of the reasons that April is Minority Cancer Awareness Month, when we call attention to these disparities.

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The Division of Cancer Prevention furthers the mission of the National Cancer Institute by leading, supporting, and promoting rigorous, innovative research and training to prevent cancer and its consequences to improve the health of all people.

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Helping to End Addiction Long-Term (HEAL): The NCI Perspective

Date(s):

Monday, May 23, 2022 - 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT

Location: Virtual via WebEx

Alcohol, Cancer and the Potential Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Future Alcohol-attributable Cancer Rates

Date(s):

Tuesday, May 31, 2022 - 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT

Location: Virtual via WebEx

NIH Pathways to Prevention Workshop: Nutrition as Prevention for Improved Cancer Health Outcomes

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Tuesday, July 26, 2022 - 12:00pm EDT - Thursday, July 28, 2022 - 5:00pm EDT

Location: Virtual via WebEx

Large Studies Evaluating How to Personalize Breast Cancer Screening for All Women

How Precision Cancer Prevention Can Promote Health Equity

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ULACNet Update - April 2022

Screening for Many Cancers with One Test: Uncertainty Abounds

Can Cancer Blood Tests Live Up to Promise of Saving Lives?

DCP/PREVENT-funded Project Presentations at the 2022 AACR Annual Meeting

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Helping to End Addiction Long-Term (HEAL): The NCI Perspective

Alcohol, Cancer and the Potential Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Future Alcohol-attributable Cancer Rates

NIH Pathways to Prevention Workshop: Nutrition as Prevention for Improved Cancer Health Outcomes

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Large Studies Evaluating How to Personalize Breast Cancer Screening for All Women

How Precision Cancer Prevention Can Promote Health Equity

MISSION STATEMENT

Latest News

ULACNet Update - April 2022

Screening for Many Cancers with One Test: Uncertainty Abounds

Can Cancer Blood Tests Live Up to Promise of Saving Lives?

DCP/PREVENT-funded Project Presentations at the 2022 AACR Annual Meeting

Meetings and Events

Helping to End Addiction Long-Term (HEAL): The NCI Perspective

Alcohol, Cancer and the Potential Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Future Alcohol-attributable Cancer Rates

NIH Pathways to Prevention Workshop: Nutrition as Prevention for Improved Cancer Health Outcomes

Twitter Feeds

@NCIprevention

@NCISymptomMgmt

@NCICastle

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