2021 News Articles
Posted CP-CTNet Newsletter - December 2021
Welcome to the CP-CTNet Newsletter where we share programmatic and research updates for the Cancer Prevention Clinical Trials Network (CP-CTNet). Read More
POSTED: 12/22/2021
SOURCE: CP-CTNet DMACC Website
Fifty years ago this week, the National Cancer Act was signed into law, kick-starting research that has changed how cancer is prevented, detected, diagnosed, treated, and survived, and moving us closer to a time when no one... Read More
POSTED: 12/20/2021
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
For Older Adults, Geriatric Assessment Reduces Cancer Treatment Side Effects
For older adults undergoing treatment for advanced cancer, results from a clinical trial show that a health measurement tool called a geriatric assessment can be an important part of treatment planning. In the trial, older... Read More
POSTED: 12/15/2021
SOURCE: NCI Cancer Currents Blog
RESEARCH UPDATE: ON THE CLINICAL FRONT Diet Quality and Risk and Severity of COVID-19 Evidence for the influence of diet on COVID-19 risk and severity is limited, despite unhealthy lifestyle factors and poor metabolic... Read More
POSTED: 12/01/2021
SOURCE: DCP News
If your family member had cancer, would you want to know if you carried a gene mutation that increased your risk of the same cancer? This question is at the heart of three novel research projects underway to determine how... Read More
POSTED: 11/29/2021
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
The NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) annual meeting for grantees in August 2021 virtually brought together representatives from every NCORP Research Base and Community and Minority Underserved Site to discuss... Read More
POSTED: 11/10/2021
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
CP-CTNet Newsletter - September 2021
The first day of autumn was September 22nd. Fall reminds us that change can be a beautiful process. It’s the season that conjures up memories of heading back to school, visits to the pumpkin patch, jumping in piles of... Read More
POSTED: 10/12/2021
SOURCE: CP-CTNet DMACC Website
In a clinical study underway, scientists hope to unravel the complexities of a group of poorly understood and relatively rare blood disorders that often lead to cancer. In myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), the problem arises... Read More
POSTED: 10/05/2021
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
A year ago, I said that coming on board as the Division of Cancer Prevention Director in July 2020 was a “challenge,” adding that I had faith in science that the pandemic would be solved soon. Science has brought us a... Read More
POSTED: 09/20/2021
SOURCE: DCP News
Welcome to ULACNet Update, where we will share programmatic and research updates for the US-Latin American-Caribbean HIV/HPV-Cancer Prevention Clinical Trials Network (ULACNet)! English On this page ULACNet-101... Read More
POSTED: 09/20/2021
SOURCE: DCP News
Researchers in gynecologic oncology have begun testing a promising surgery for premenopausal women at high genetic risk for ovarian cancer that avoids early menopause and may prevent these malignancies from developing.... Read More
POSTED: 09/07/2021
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
50 Years of Cancer: Prevention Tactics in Avoidance, Screening & Vaccination
This Healthcast podcast commemorates the National Cancer Act's 50th anniversary by highlighting the progress the National Cancer Institute has made in cancer prevention. Leaders in NCI's Division of Cancer Prevention talk... Read More
POSTED: 08/31/2021
SOURCE: GovernmentCIO Media & Research
RESEARCH UPDATE: ON THE CLINICAL FRONT Mendelian Randomization of Circulating PUFAs and Colorectal Cancer Risk Prostaglandin E2 (PGE-2), a nutrition-related inflammatory metabolite known to influence colorectal... Read More
POSTED: 08/19/2021
SOURCE: DCP News
Applying a pandemic-like response to cancer prevention
In 2020, a year of unimaginable tragedy, an estimated 375,000 people died from Covid-19 infections in the United States alone. Much of the suffering and death due to the disease was preventable in three ways: through... Read More
POSTED: 08/09/2021
SOURCE: STAT First Opinion
New Task Force Focuses on Quality of Life for AYAs with Cancer
Being a teenager or young adult is hard enough. Add a cancer diagnosis, and the challenges—which can range from severe fatigue to financial stress—are likely to multiply. Read More
POSTED: 08/04/2021
SOURCE: NCI Cancer Currents Blog
Advancing Cancer Prevention: A Conversation with NCI’s Dr. Philip Castle
Philip Castle, Ph.D., M.P.H., joined NCI in July 2020 as director of the Division of Cancer Prevention (DCP). Dr. Castle previously worked at NCI in the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (2002–2010), where he led... Read More
POSTED: 07/20/2021
SOURCE: NCI Cancer Currents Blog
One of the first-ever vaccines for the prevention of colorectal and other cancers in patients at high genetic risk for these malignancies is expected to start its early phase safety and immunogenicity trial in the first... Read More
POSTED: 07/13/2021
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
Could A Diabetes Diagnosis Help Detect Pancreatic Cancer Early?
Bob Aronson was only 54 years old and, in the words of his son Tom, “extremely healthy.” “So it was really surprising to everyone when he went in for an annual routine eye exam and his eye doctor suspected diabetes,” Tom... Read More
POSTED: 07/07/2021
SOURCE: NCI Cancer Currents Blog
Preventing cancer today and in the future lies at the heart of the National Cancer Institute’s competitive postdoctoral fellowship program, which is accepting candidate applications for the 2022 class until August 16, 2021... Read More
POSTED: 05/25/2021
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
RESEARCH UPDATE: ON THE CLINICAL FRONT Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Status in High-Risk Prostate Cancer Subjects Chronic inflammation as a result of oxidative stress, reactive oxygen species production, and changes in... Read More
POSTED: 05/13/2021
SOURCE: DCP News
Clinical trial participants share why they joined clinical trials of new ways to prevent, detect, and treat cancer and the side effects of cancer treatment. Read More
POSTED: 05/04/2021
SOURCE: Why I Joined a Clinical Trial
Scientists have identified more than 1,000 potential new biomarkers for cancer that they hope will aid in the early detection of many of these complex diseases, including one of the most challenging, pancreatic cancer.... Read More
POSTED: 04/27/2021
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
On Demand Session Type: Major Symposium Session Title: Colorectal Cancer Interception: Immunologic and Pharmacologic Advances Companion session to Live Panel discussion Thursday, April 15 at 1:30 PM Multiantigen vaccines... Read More
POSTED: 04/23/2021
SOURCE: DCP News
In a new NCI-sponsored study now recruiting participants, investigators will evaluate two different screening strategies for non-cancerous pancreatic cysts to determine which works best at detecting early malignancy. Even... Read More
POSTED: 04/08/2021
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
After decades of opposition to decriminalizing cannabis products (especially marijuana), a more permissive attitude toward cannabis and its derivative products has taken hold today at the state level. At the same time,... Read More
POSTED: 03/08/2021
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
RESEARCH UPDATE: ON THE CLINICAL FRONT Vitamin D & Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation on Kidney Function in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Low circulating concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D and plasma omega-3 fatty... Read More
POSTED: 03/03/2021
SOURCE: DCP News
For centuries, visionary physicians have stressed preventing disease as the best option. I frequently say that the “best” cancer is the cancer that never happens. Today, we turn our attentions to the scientists who made... Read More
POSTED: 03/01/2021
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
During chemotherapy for an advanced blood cancer, Stacey Blansky vaped marijuana daily for her nausea and used cannabis oil for anxiety and stress. The decision to add these complex, plant-derived substances to ease her... Read More
POSTED: 02/24/2021
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
Millions of older Americans take aspirin daily to reduce their risk for heart disease and colorectal cancer. But, new data suggests this protective edge for colorectal cancer comes only if they begin taking aspirin before... Read More
POSTED: 02/11/2021
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
Dr. Jill Biden, Ed.D., First Lady of the United States, joined NCI leaders and staff for a special virtual event marking World Cancer Day, February 4. Among the progress highlighted was the work of the NCI Community Oncology... Read More
POSTED: 02/04/2021
SOURCE: DCP News
NCORP PARTNRS Workshop Executive Summary is Available
The executive summary is available of an inaugural workshop to encourage and forge partnerships between oncologists, primary care providers and medical specialists to promote accrual to clinical cancer control and prevention... Read More
POSTED: 02/04/2021
SOURCE: NCI NCORP News
An over-the-counter drug, readily available to consumers for years, may open a new option for preventing colorectal cancer in high-risk individuals. It's not the mouse that roared but the quiet mouse behind the scenes that... Read More
POSTED: 02/03/2021
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
