Few High-Risk Individuals Have Heard of, Discuss Lung Cancer Screening
More than 80 percent of former or current smokers have never heard of nor discussed LCS with a clinician
Long-Term Complications After Prostate Cancer Treatment Not Uncommon
12-year risk for urinary or sexual complications 7.23 and 2.76 times higher for prostatectomy, radiotherapy versus no treatment
Cancer Disparities Evident Across Human Development Index, Projected to Widen
Cancer cases and deaths projected to nearly triple in low-HDI countries by 2050 compared with moderate increase in very high-HDI countries
Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma Incidence Increasing Among the Elderly
Age-adjusted CMM incidence rate was 0.99 per 1,000 from 2012 to 2016, marking an increase from previous years
Omega-6 and Omega-3 Fatty Acid Levels Inversely Tied to Cancer Incidence
Findings seen for incidence of overall and 14 site-specific cancers
Travel Time to Tanning Facilities Negatively Linked to Melanoma Incidence
Six high-risk clusters were identified with respect to county-level melanoma rate
AI Aids Risk Prediction Classification for Prostate Cancer
Authors say this classification has the potential to minimize overtreatment and undertreatment
Risk Factors Found for Neurogenic Bladder After Rectal Cancer Surgery
Lower abdominal visceral fat area and prolonged surgery are independent risk factors
Smoking Cessation Aids Survival Even Following a Cancer Diagnosis
Maximal survival benefit seen for smoking cessation treatment within six months of diagnosis
Open Primary Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection Shows Acceptable Morbidity
Low blood loss, short hospital stay, minimal chylous ascites risk, and rare major postoperative complications reported
