Cancer Detection

Childhood cancer survivors don’t adhere to surveillance guidelines

March 13, 2024 - On March 11, 2024, the Canadian Medical Association Journal published an article evaluating longitudinal adherence to surveillance for childhood cancer survivors, highlighting that many survivors did not adhere to the surveillance recommendations associated with their cancer treatments.   Using administrative healthcare data from the Pediatric...

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Quest, Universal DX Collaborate to Advance Colorectal Cancer Screening

by Veronica Salib

On November 20, 2023, Universal DX (UDX), a biotechnology company, announced its collaboration with Quest Diagnostics, one of the two most significant lab services in the United States, to study,...

How Does Race Impact Recommendations for Breast Cancer Screening?

by Veronica Salib

An investigation published in JAMA Network Open explained how race and ethnicity might impact recommendations for breast cancer data. Based on the researchers’ analysis, they provided...

Department of Defense Study Finds Pilots and Crew Face High Cancer Risk

by Hayden Schmidt

A Department of Defense (DOD) study reviewed cancer data of 156,050 aircrew and 737,891 ground crew between 1992 and 2017 and found highly elevated rates of melanoma, thyroid, prostate, and other types...

Plant-Based Diet Reduces Risk of Prostate Cancer Progression

by Veronica Salib

A recent poster presentation for the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) determined that a plant-based diet is associated with a reduced risk of prostate cancer progression. The study used...

Ultra-Processed Food Consumption Increases the Risk of Ovarian Cancer

by Veronica Salib

Echoing several other studies on ultra-processed food consumption, a recent study analyzed the relationship between ultra-processed and cancer risk, finding that excessive consumption was linked with a...

Researchers Develop a Model to Predict Lung Cancer Risk Using CT Scans

by Veronica Salib

Using a single, low-dose, chest computed tomography (CT) scan, researchers in the Journal of Clinical Oncology detail a model to predict lung cancer risk. According to the American Cancer Society...

Black Cancer Patients Experience Nearly Twice as Many Treatment Delays

by Veronica Salib

An article published in the American Cancer Society (ACS) Journals analyzing treatment delays in breast cancer found that black breast cancer patients experience nearly twice as many treatment delays...

GE Healthcare to Acquire IMACTIS for CT Interventional Guidance

by Hayden Schmidt

After its separation from parent company General Electric (GE) at the beginning of the year, GE HealthCare has already entered into an acquisition deal with the France-based IMACTIS. In announcing the...

MRI-Guided Radiotherapy Improves Prostate Cancer Outcomes, Comparison

by Veronica Salib

For patients with prostate cancer, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided radiotherapy led to better outcomes than computed tomography (CT)-guided radiotherapy. This clinical trial supported claims...

Nanorobot Antibodies to Treat Cancer

by Veronica Salib

According to the American Cancer Society, cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the United States, second only to heart disease, and there are approximately 1.9 million new cancer cases and...

Colorectal Cancer Study Identifies New Genetic Links to Disease

by Hayden Schmidt

A meta-analysis of colorectal cancer genome-wide associated studies (GWAS) published in Nature identified 37 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at new loci and 13 independent new risk SNPs that...

Only 14% of Cancers in the US Are Detected Through Screening

by Veronica Salib

In a recent analysis by the NORC at the University of Chicago, researchers analyzed the efficacy of cancer screening tools by determining what percentage of cancers are detected through screening....

Examining the Relationship Between CT Scans and Brain Cancer

by Veronica Salib

According to the National Brain Tumor Society, about 700,000 people in the United States are currently living with primary brain tumors. Each year, an additional 88,970 people will be diagnosed with a...

Lung Cancer Screening Improves Long-Term Survival Rate

by Veronica Salib

The American Cancer Society states that each year there will be approximately 236,740 new lung cancer cases in the United States. The incidence rate is nearly equal between men and women. Additionally,...

Comparing the Accuracy of Transvaginal Ultrasound and MRI

by Veronica Salib

In a recent article published in Clinical Radiology, researchers determined whether a transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) or an MRI was more accurate in detecting endometrial cancer. According to the...

USPTSF Updates Guidelines on Skin Cancer Screenings

by Veronica Salib

The United States Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) recently issued a draft recommendation statement with updated guidelines on skin cancer screenings. The draft document will be open to the...

Hair Straightening Chemicals Linked to Uterine Cancer

by Veronica Salib

On October 17, 2022, the NIH announced results from a study it funded that associated permanent straightening chemicals with a greater risk of uterine cancer. Based on these results and the surveyed...

Rate of Breast and Prostate Cancer Diagnoses Lag

by Veronica Salib

A Quest Diagnostics Health Trends study analyzed the rates of breast and prostate cancer diagnosis to find that the rates still lag behind pre-pandemic diagnoses. The American Society of Clinical...

Clinical Trial Reconsiders the Effectiveness of Colonoscopies

by Hayden Schmidt

Colonoscopies have long been a recommended preventive care measure for adults aged 45–75; however, a new study found that they are less beneficial than previously thought. The Nordic-European...

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