Prevention - Cancer Currents Blog

Cancer prevention news, with comments from leading scientists. Topics include preventive interventions for those at increased risk of cancer, protective behaviors, and more.

Symposium Brings Rising Global Cancer Burden into Focus
- By NCI Staff
- November 9, 2016
An NCI Cancer Currents blog post about the NCI Global Cancer Research Symposium, which examined ways of increasing research collaboration, particularly in cancer prevention and screening, to reduce the cancer burden.
Charting a Course toward Precision Cancer Prevention
- By Stephen J. Chanock, M.D.
- May 26, 2016
Cancer researchers are increasingly exploring how cancer risk is influenced by genetic predisposition to cancer and the effects of environmental exposures, and what this means for cancer prevention.
Online Tool Helps Users Distinguish Moles from Melanoma
- By NCI Staff
- May 23, 2016
“Moles to Melanoma: Recognizing the ABCDE Features” presents photos that show changes in individual pigmented lesions over time, and describes the different appearances of moles, dysplastic nevi, and melanomas.
Drug Combination Shrinks Duodenal Polyps in People with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis
- By NCI Staff
- April 7, 2016
In a small clinical trial of people with an inherited condition that greatly increases gastrointestinal cancer risk, a two-drug combination shrank precancerous lesions in the duodenum.
HPV Infections Targeted by Vaccine Decrease in U.S.
- By NCI Staff
- March 9, 2016
Infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) types targeted by the quadrivalent HPV vaccine has declined by nearly two-thirds among teenage girls since HPV vaccination was recommended in the United States.
The ‘Crisis’ of Low HPV Vaccination Rates: A Conversation with Dr. Noel Brewer
- By NCI Staff
- February 2, 2016
Following the release of a consensus statement from the NCI-Designated Cancer Centers urging HPV vaccination in the United States, Dr. Noel Brewer discusses the country’s low vaccination rates and how clinicians can help to improve them.
Driving New Approaches to Cancer Prevention and Early Detection
- By Barry Kramer, M.D., M.P.H.
- January 13, 2016
Researchers are pioneering new approaches to preventing and screening for cancer, and the management of very early-stage disease.
Bringing Precision to Screening for Cancer
- By NCI Staff
- November 17, 2015
A recent NCI-sponsored conference brought together leading screening and cancer control researchers to discuss the state of the science of precision screening for five cancers.
Long-Term Study Finds No Increased Risk of Miscarriage after HPV Vaccination
- By NCI Staff
- October 20, 2015
Women in a clinical trial who became pregnant after vaccination with a bivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine did not have an increased risk of miscarriage.
U.S. Indoor Tanning Rates Are Dropping, But Still High
- By NCI Staff
- July 24, 2015
Study estimates about 1.6 million fewer women and 400,000 fewer men tan indoors, but it’s still a common practice.