Team calls for'village' approach for tackling breast cancer inequities
It takes a village to eliminate breast cancer disparities, according to commentary published November 1 in Population Health Management. A team led by Scott Siegel, PhD, from the ChristianaCare Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute in Delaware wrote a call to action for community members, healthcare providers, and other stakeholders to collaborate in tackling breast cancer disparities. “A more targeted approach to prevention could make an outsized impact on reducing the overall burden of breast cancer while also narrowing racial disparities,” Siegel told AuntMinnie.com. While Black and white women are ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 1, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Womens Imaging Source Type: news

Personalized Intervention Helps CRC Screening Decisions for Older Adults
(MedPage Today) -- Older adults given personalized information about the benefits and risks of screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) were more likely to receive screening orders that were more aligned with benefit, a cluster randomized trial of... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - October 31, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

Global Surge In Colorectal Cancer Linked To Junk Food
Scientists have found a link between a recent global surge in colorectal cancer and processed or “junk” food. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - October 31, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Daphne Ewing-Chow, Senior Contributor Tags: Food & Drink /food-drink Business /business Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare standard Source Type: news

Global Surge In Colo-Rectal Cancer Linked To Junk Food
Scientists have found a link between a recent global surge in colorectal cancer and processed or “junk” food. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - October 31, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Daphne Ewing-Chow, Senior Contributor Tags: Food & Drink /food-drink Business /business Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare standard Source Type: news

Risk-Adapted Starting Age of CRC Screening Varies by Sex, Genetics
MONDAY, Oct. 30, 2023 -- Risk-adapted starting ages of screening vary by sex and polygenic risk score (PRS) among individuals at average risk for colorectal cancer (CRC), according to a study published online Oct. 25 in JAMA Network Open.Xuechen... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - October 30, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Diabetes Tied to Worse Outcomes When Colon Cancer Strikes
FRIDAY, Oct. 27, 2023 -- Having diabetes and colon cancer together can raise the risk of dying early, particularly for patients with diabetic complications, a new study shows.To arrive at that conclusion, researchers from National Taiwan University... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - October 27, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Spider-Man 2 Has A Touching Black Panther Tribute To Chadwick Boseman
Learn More Years on, the Marvel community continues to mourn the death of "Black Panther" star Chadwick Boseman. Boseman died at the age of 43 in 2020 due to colon cancer, and the actor has received several nods and tributes in various pieces of Marvel media since then, with arguably the most…#learnmoreyears #marvel #blackpanther #chadwickboseman #wakandaforever #marvelspiderman2 #newyorkcity #wakandansalute (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Up-to-Date Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancer Screening Test Use in the United States, 2021
(Source: CDC Preventing Chronic Disease)
Source: CDC Preventing Chronic Disease - October 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Public Health Source Type: news

Risk-based lung cancer screening mitigates healthcare disparities
Embargoed Until October 26, 2023 @ 8:00 am PT Risk-based lung cancer screening using a model called the PLCOm2012-Update appears to mitigate racial and ethnic disparities and improve screening performance compared to a protocol based on the USPSTF 2021 criteria, researchers have found.Why? Because the PLCOm2012-Update model takes risk of lung cancer into account, reported a team led by Eunji Choi, PhD, of Stanford University School of Medicine. The study results were published October 26 in JAMA Oncology."The findings of this study suggest that risk-based screening reduces racial and ethnic disparities while maintaining im...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 26, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Clinical News CT Source Type: news

Patti Payne: Cancer survivor brings sensitive diagnosis to light
Natalie Phelps shares her battle with colon cancer in an effort to help others. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 26, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Patti Payne Source Type: news

Does Diabetes Affect Colorectal Cancer Outcomes? Does Diabetes Affect Colorectal Cancer Outcomes?
Severity of diabetes is inversely correlated with long-term colorectal cancer outcomes, with worse overall, disease-free, and cancer-specific survival among patients with diabetes complications.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - October 25, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news

Novel Stool RNA Test More Sensitive for Detecting Colon Cancer Versus FIT
(MedPage Today) -- VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The novel multitarget stool RNA test (ColoSense) showed high sensitivity for detecting colorectal neoplasia among adults ages 45 and older, according to the phase III prospective CRC-PREVENT trial... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - October 25, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

CRC Screening Uptake No Better With Use of FIT in At-Risk Individuals
TUESDAY, Oct. 24, 2023 -- For first-degree relatives of patients with nonsyndromic colorectal cancer (CRC), fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) screening does not improve screening uptake compared with colonoscopy screening, according to a study... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - October 24, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Sotorasib + Panitumumab Beneficial for Chemorefractory Metastatic CRC
TUESDAY, Oct. 24, 2023 -- For patients with chemorefractory metastatic colorectal cancer, the KRAS G12C inhibitor sotorasib in combination with the epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor panitumumab results in longer progression-free survival... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - October 24, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Diabetes Severity Tied to Outcome in CRC Patients Undergoing Resection
MONDAY, Oct. 23, 2023 -- The severity of diabetes is associated with outcomes among patients with stage I to III colorectal cancer (CRC) undergoing curative radical resection, according to a study published online Oct. 23 in Cancer. Hsin-Yin... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - October 23, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news