2015 - Cancer Currents Blog

An illustration of a female patient receiving a sigmoidoscopy from a male doctor. The patient is lying on her side on a hospital bed, wearing a blue top and covered with white sheet. The doctor wears safety goggles, blue facemark, and blue scrubs with white gloves. He holds the controller in his hand. He looks at a screen that shows the inside of the colon.

Screening Rates for Several Cancers Miss Their Targets

By NCI Staff
May 26, 2015

Screening rates for breast, colorectal, and cervical cancer are lagging behind target rates set by the Healthy People 2020 program, according to a new study.

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Welcome to the New Cancer.gov

By Peter F. Garrett, Director, NCI OCPL
May 15, 2015

NCI has launched a new, dynamic, and easier-to-use version of NCI’s main websites, Cancer.gov and its counterpart in Spanish, Cancer.gov/espanol.

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Collateral Damage: Missing Tumor Suppressor Gene Creates Opening for Cancer Treatment

By NCI Staff
May 15, 2015

Tumor cells that are missing one copy of the tumor suppressor gene TP53 often harbor another genetic alteration that may make them susceptible to a targeted attack, according to a new study.