ASCO 2023

The standard follow-up protocol for treated breast cancer patients continues to be the recommended and currently relevant surveillance strategy. Breast cancer patients who undergo surgery and adjuvant therapy require follow-up to detect recurrent disease or any long-term complications and improve their survival and outcomes. The standard follow-up protocol in these patients is based on studies...

Mailing human papillomavirus self-sampling kits to eligible women is a cost-effective method to improve screening rates for cervical cancer in the US healthcare system. Cervical cancer is largely preventable through early screening for precancerous changes caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). The currently available method for HPV-only (primary HPV screening) is more sensitive than the standard...

Prevalence rates lower for de novo breast cancer, colon cancer, liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer. Bariatric surgery is associated with a reduction in the risk for obesity-associated cancers, according to a study to be presented at the 2023 Digestive Disease Week, being held from May 6 to 9 in Chicago.   Vibhu...

Staff Writer: Andre McGowan Skin cancers are more common among the White populace, but morbidity and mortality in skin cancer is higher among Blacks and Hispanics. Skin cancers are among the most common types of cancer in the world. Most skin cancers, such as melanomas and non-melanomas, are more common in the White population, though...

Staff Writer: Andre McGowan Stronger diet effect seen in Gleason grade group >6 and in International Society of Urological Pathology grade 3 + 4 + 5 tumors.   Adherence to a Western diet may have a detrimental effect on the risk for prostate cancer, according to a study published online April 19 in BJU International....