Latest News Read All News Cancer HealthCast: Emerging Technologies are Showing Promise in Early Cancer Detection Dr. Lori Minasian, deputy director for the Division of Cancer Prevention at NCI, explains the promise of multi-cancer detection tests as a tool for screening for multiple cancers. May 30 | GovCIO Media and Research When Prenatal DNA Tests Point to Cancer A blood test that may detect cancer has received attention recently. But, unlike other blood tests being studied to screen for cancer, it wasn’t designed for that purpose. This test is a prenatal blood test that analyzes… May 17 | NCI Cancer Currents blog Behind the Research: The Studies that Led to Trial Vaccines for People with Lynch Syndrome More than a century after Aldred Scott Warthin, M.D., Ph.D., a pathologist at the University of Michigan, first suspected heredity lay behind one family’s numerous cancers, scientists have begun testing two experimental… May 11 | DCP News DCP/PREVENT-funded Project Presentations at the 2023 AACR Annual Meeting Eleven DCP/PREVENT presentations were delivered at the 2023 AACR Annual meeting, including: five poster sessions, one informational session with four staff from the NCI Division of Cancer Prevention, and two staff sessions… April 28 | DCP News Blog Posts All Blog Posts Research Highlights: Investigating Associations of Obesity with Colorectal and GI Cancers An estimated 153,020 men and women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2023, and 52,550 are expected to die of this disease. In two recent studies, researchers addressed the impact of overweight, obesity… Eliminating Underlying Liver Disease Remains Key Strategy for Liver Cancer Prevention Despite intense research, liver cancer prevention remains a challenge. Current efforts are directed at underlying conditions that can significantly raise an individual’s risk, including hepatitis C infection, for which… NCI Supports New Research into Prevention of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer Early-onset colorectal cancer is considered relatively rare, but both incidence and mortality rates are increasing in people under age 50. NCI recently issued a special research request for grant applications–in areas such… NCI Funding Approved to Expand Research on Immunoprevention, Natural Products The National Cancer Institute’s (NCI’s) Board of Scientific Advisors (BSA) recently approved two new concept proposals aimed at expanding potential prevention interventions. One will strengthen research in the nascent field… Meetings and Events Review All Our Meetings and Events Therapeutic and Preventative Cancer Vaccines: The Last 30 Years Date(s): Wed, June 7, 2023: 3:00p.m. ET - Wed, June 7, 2023: 4:00p.m. ET Location: Virtual via WebEx The Diverse Aspects of Uterine Serous Cancer Date(s): Thu, June 22, 2023: 10:30a.m. ET - Thu, June 22, 2023: 5:00p.m. ET Fri, June 23, 2023: 10:30a.m. ET - Fri, June 23, 2023: 1:15p.m. ET Location: Virtual Videos and Webinars Cancer prevention videos and webinars related to DCP programs are listed here. Infographics Tap on the desired thumbnail below to view its larger version where you may share the infographic via Twitter and Facebook or download the image by clicking on the appropriate icon: Tweets by NCIprevention Tweets by NCIprevention Tweets by NCISymptomMgmt Tweets by NCISymptomMgmt Tweets by NCICastle Tweets by NCICastle
