Latest News Read All News 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 NCORP PARTNRS II Workshop Executive Summary Now Available The executive summary of the second PARTNRS (Primary Care Alliance in Research Trials Involving NCORP Sites) Workshop is now available. PARTNRS is a strategic initiative to encourage and forge partnerships between… March 13 | DCP News Blog Posts All Blog Posts 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… Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Improve Accuracy of Lung Cancer Screening By the time lung cancer is diagnosed, the disease has often already spread outside the lung. Therefore, researchers have sought to develop methods to screen for lung cancer in high-risk populations before symptoms appear.… 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
