NEWS
Leading Health Organizations Revise Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines
Last week, several health organizations issued new cervical cancer screening guidelines that extend the time interval between screening tests for most women.
Based on comprehensive reviews of available data—including NCI-funded research—the new guidelines seek to maximize the benefits of current screening tests while minimizing their potential harms. Read more > >
Smoking Declines Helped Prevent More Lung Cancer Deaths than Expected
Model estimates 795,000 deaths from lung cancer averted between 1975 and 2000Study Identifies a Mechanism behind Pancreatic Cancer Treatment Resistance
Combination therapy targeting mechanism is being tested in humansExpanded Tumor Profiling Yields Clues about Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Approach could inform decisions about treatmentUpdated European Prostate Cancer Screening Trial Data Show Little Change in Risk Reduction
Estimated relative mortality reduction the same after 2 more years of follow-upAlso in the Journals: Children and Adolescents with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia are Living Longer
COMMENTARY
A Conversation with Dr. Thomas Smith on the Growing Role of Palliative Care for Patients with Cancer
Recent research has shown that some cancer patients who received early palliative care not only had improved quality of life, but lived longer than patients who received standard treatment alone. Dr. Thomas J. Smith, director of palliative care for the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, talked with the NCI Cancer Bulletin about the growing importance of palliative care in oncology practice.
IN DEPTH
Surgeon General's Report Finds Youth Smoking Remains a Serious Concern
One-third of young adults smoke, smokeless tobacco use is up
Mapping the Evolution of Cancer Cells in Leukemia
Findings point to targets for treating form of acute myeloid leukemia
Featured Clinical Trial: Combining Systemic Therapies for Patients with Advanced Liver Cancer
Will adding chemotherapy to sorafenib improve survival?
UPDATES
CDC Update
- Federal Campaign Seeks to Shrink Smoking Rates Further
Notes
- NCI and CICAMS Sign Statement of Intent
- NCI Advisory Committee on Clinical Trials Holds First Meeting of 2012
- NCI at American Association of Cancer Research Annual Meeting
- Dr. John Potter to Deliver First Schatzkin Lecture in Nutritional Epidemiology
- New Complementary and Alternative Medicine Report and Information Posted Online
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