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Birth Defects Associated with Increased Risk of Cancer in Adulthood

Dr. Rebecca Troisi and collaborators examined associations of chromosomal and non-chromosomal congenital anomalies with cancer incidence in a large Nordic population-based case-control study.

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SeroHub Launched: Interactive Dashboard to Compare COVID-19 Seroprevalence Studies

DCEG investigator Neal Freedman helped to create—in record time—a national dashboard of COVID seroprevalence studies to better assess the effect of the pandemic on the U.S. population.

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Racial Disparities May Decrease with Life-Gained Approach to Lung Cancer Screening

Investigators evaluated the draft 2020 lung cancer screening guidelines for its effects on racial/ethnic disparities.

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Learn more about the experience of our fellows in DCEG at the National Cancer Institute.

Dr. Margaret Tucker Using a Dermatoscope to Examine Dysplastic Nevi

Moles to Melanoma: Recognizing the ABCDE Features

Photographs of common moles; dysplastic nevi (DN); and melanomas that arose from DN. Each case series shows changes in an individual pigmented lesion over a number of years and across the spectrum of changes typically seen in U.S. melanoma-prone families.

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