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Landmark PLCO Cancer Screening Trial Leaves Legacy Through Data

POSTED: May 27, 2025
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog
AUTHOR: Alyssa Voss, M.P.H.

More than thirty years ago, NCI announced an ambitious cancer screening trial to find answers about the utility of cancer screening tests in preventing deaths from four types of cancer. This year, the Prostate, Lung,…
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Vaccine to Prevent Hereditary Cancers Nears Human Trials
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
AUTHOR: Susan Jenks
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… Learn more
POSTED: 7/7/2021
SOURCE: NCI Cancer Currents Blog