A JNCI monograph on Engaging Older Adults in Cancer Clinical Trials Conducted in the National Cancer Institute Clinical Trials Network is available now. The articles, developed through working groups formed for an NCI… Learn more
POSTED: 12/21/2022
SOURCE: DCP News
Staff Highlight, DMACC Updates (Data Management and Reporting Unit, CP-CTNET DMACC Public Website and Portal Gateway Update, Clinical Trials Auditing Unit, Administrative and Coordinating Unit), In Memoriam, and… Learn more
POSTED: 12/16/2022
SOURCE: CP-CTNet DMACC Website
This month’s Research Highlights focuses on provider and patient beliefs about mammogram screening frequency, and separately, provider barriers to engaging in shared decision-making with high-risk patients about the use of… Learn more
POSTED: 11/28/2022
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
The National Cancer Institute Division of Cancer Prevention has released three Funding Opportunity Announcements to accept applications to create the Cancer Screening Research Network (CSRN). The CSRN will conduct rigorous… Learn more
POSTED: 11/21/2022
SOURCE: DCP News
Cervical cancer can be prevented by HPV vaccination and by screening for and treating precancerous lesions. Yet, millions of women globally remain at high-risk for developing cervical cancer. This is especially true for… Learn more
POSTED: 11/14/2022
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
This issue of Research Highlights focuses on how cells progress to become breast cancer, and separately, how breast cancer may spread. Understanding these transitional moments can help researchers keep invasive cancer from… Learn more
POSTED: 10/24/2022
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
Featured Article: CP-CTNet Cross Network Study: Lynch Syndrome. Inherited susceptibility to cancer involves defects in genes that normally function to suppress the formation of tumors. One such syndrome was recognized by… Learn more
POSTED: 9/30/2022
SOURCE: CP-CTNet DMACC Website
More than half of cancer survivors who were treated with chemotherapy for the four most common types of cancer experienced clinically significant hearing loss and tinnitus after treatment, according to new research.
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POSTED: 9/27/2022
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
As we embark on year 4 of ULACNet, this issue highlights successes & opportunities, considers how we respond to the community voice in study recruitment, discusses community participation in ULACNet-201 trial recruitment… Learn more
POSTED: 9/23/2022
SOURCE: DCP News
Recruitment has begun for a clinical study that investigators hope will move “liquid biopsy” technology closer to its still-distant goal: a single blood test for the early detection of cancer. Collectively known as multi-… Learn more
POSTED: 9/15/2022
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
Research Highlights are a new type of blog for Cancer Prevention Science, where recent publications are highlighted rather than a traditional news story.
This month’s blog post highlights how a cruciferous… Learn more
This month’s blog post highlights how a cruciferous… Learn more
POSTED: 8/24/2022
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
In 2012, Patricia Ganz, M.D., saw a 39-year-old cancer survivor for a consultation who had a long-term history of anxiety during medical visits. The woman had been diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma when she was 23 years old.… Learn more
POSTED: 8/10/2022
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
Welcome to the CP-CTNet Newsletter where we share programmatic and research updates for the Cancer Prevention Clinical Trials Network (CP-CTNet).
POSTED: 7/22/2022
SOURCE: CP-CTNet DMACC Website
Unlike many other cancers, the incidence and death rates for uterine cancer are rising.
Rates of new uterine cancer cases have risen 0.6% per year from 2010-2019, and death rates have risen an average of 1.7%… Learn more
Rates of new uterine cancer cases have risen 0.6% per year from 2010-2019, and death rates have risen an average of 1.7%… Learn more
POSTED: 6/28/2022
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
National Cancer Institute prevention chief discusses steps toward largest U.S. cancer screening trial ever
POSTED: 6/22/2022
SOURCE: Science Magazine
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Division of Cancer Prevention (DCP) hosted a two-day virtual meeting to discuss aspirin and NSAIDs in cancer prevention and treatment.
The workshop was catalyzed by the… Learn more
The workshop was catalyzed by the… Learn more
POSTED: 6/15/2022
SOURCE: DCP News
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… Learn more
POSTED: 5/6/2022
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
In this issue, we feature: ULACNet Initiative to Enhance Community Dialogue, Community outreach strategies for recruitment in ULACNet-101 in Puerto Rico, Accrual initiated in Peru for ULACNet-301, an Investigator Spotlight… Learn more
POSTED: 4/28/2022
SOURCE: DCP News
One of the exciting areas of cancer prevention research is the development of noninvasive tests that may have the potential to easily and accurately determine whether and where in the body a person has early-stage… Learn more
POSTED: 4/21/2022
SOURCE: NCI Cancer Currents Blog
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… Learn more
POSTED: 4/18/2022
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
Joyce Ares had just turned 74 and was feeling fine when she agreed to give a blood sample for research. So she was surprised when the screening test came back positive for signs of cancer. After a repeat blood test, a PET… Learn more
POSTED: 4/11/2022
SOURCE: DCP News
April 8-13, 2022
DCP/PREVENT-funded Project Presentations
Session OPO.IM01.01 - Tumor Immunobiology
5631 - Immunomodulatory activity of sulindac plus erlotinib for colon cancer prevention in familial adenomatous polyposis
Presenter/Authors
Chakrapani Tripathi, Roderick H. Dashwood. Texas A&M… Learn more
POSTED: 4/1/2022
SOURCE: DCP News
Welcome to the CP-CTNet Newsletter where we share programmatic and research updates for the Cancer Prevention Clinical Trials Network (CP-CTNet).
POSTED: 3/31/2022
SOURCE: CP-CTNet DMACC Website
Philadelphia, March 25, 2022 — The Tomosynthesis Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial (TMIST), is more than halfway to its recruiting goal of 128,905 participants with more than 20% of participants in the United States being… Learn more
POSTED: 3/25/2022
SOURCE: ECOG-ACRIN Press Release
This issue of Nutrition Frontiers showcases gut permeability with calcium and/or vitamin D3, microRNAs role in suppressing colitis and inflammation-associated colon cancer, and how dietary spinach reshapes gut microbiome.… Learn more
POSTED: 3/18/2022
SOURCE: DCP News