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
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
Tumor cells release telltale molecules into blood, urine, and other bodily fluids. But it can be difficult to detect tumor-derived DNA, RNA, and proteins in the earliest stages of disease, when cancers can be easier to treat… Learn more
POSTED: 2/9/2022
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
While new cases of most cancer types have dropped over the past decade, cases of the most common type of liver cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), are on the rise. Until recently, the main cause of HCC was hepatitis C… Learn more
POSTED: 2/4/2022
SOURCE: NCI Cancer Currents Blog
This issue recognizes January as Cervical Cancer Awareness Month by presenting four articles entitled, "ULACNet Annual Meeting: A Global Network Together in One (Zoom) Room", "Perseverance Through the COVID… Learn more
POSTED: 1/28/2022
SOURCE: DCP News
Many people being treated for advanced cancer experience serious financial problems related to the cost of their care, even if they have health insurance, according to a new study.
POSTED: 1/26/2022
SOURCE: NCI Cancer Currents Blog
The Division of Cancer Prevention (DCP) of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) hosted a virtual workshop to obtain information relevant to the potential creation of a new NCI-funded cancer screening clinical trials network… Learn more
POSTED: 1/25/2022
SOURCE: DCP News
A meeting of statistical leads from the seven NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) Research Bases with statisticians from the Division of Cancer Prevention (DCP) Biometry Research Group took place on July… Learn more
POSTED: 1/20/2022
SOURCE: DCP News
Lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide killing 1.8 million people each year, is often diagnosed at an advanced stage when the chances for a cure are limited.
In the United States, almost 60… Learn more
In the United States, almost 60… Learn more
POSTED: 1/14/2022
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
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… Learn more
POSTED: 12/20/2021
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
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… Learn more
POSTED: 12/15/2021
SOURCE: NCI Cancer Currents Blog
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… Learn 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… Learn more
POSTED: 11/10/2021
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
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… Learn more
POSTED: 10/5/2021
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… Learn more
POSTED: 9/20/2021
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
In this issue, we feature: ULACNet-101 Getting Ready for Recruitment, ROCCHHA Opens Enrollment in Puerto Rico and Brazil for ULACNet-201, and an interview with Dr. Lenka Kolevic. Translations are available in Spanish and… Learn more
POSTED: 9/20/2021
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.… Learn more
POSTED: 9/7/2021
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
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… Learn more
POSTED: 8/31/2021
SOURCE: GovernmentCIO Media & Research
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… Learn more
POSTED: 8/9/2021
SOURCE: STAT First Opinion
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.
POSTED: 8/4/2021
SOURCE: NCI Cancer Currents Blog
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),… Learn more
POSTED: 7/20/2021
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… Learn more
POSTED: 7/13/2021
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog