DCEG News Updates
The latest news and research findings from the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics.
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Trabert Granted DoD Investigator-Initiated Research Award
Britton Trabert received a Department of Defense Investigator-Initiated Research Award for her proposal titled “Making the CASE: Chemopreventive use of ASpirin for ovarian cancer—integrating Epidemiological data to evaluate population subgroups and tumor expression.”
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Summer Intern on Volunteering at Camp Fantastic
Frank Colon-Matos, a summer intern in DCEG, shares his experience at Camp Fantastic 2019 as a childhood cancer survivor and first-time volunteer.
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2019 Camp Fantastic
In August 2019, DCEG staff and fellows spent a week in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, volunteering at Camp Fantastic, a summer camp for children affected by cancer.
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Lisa J. McReynolds Becomes the First Assistant Clinical Investigator of DCEG
In July 2019, Lisa J. McReynolds was appointed the first Assistant Clinical Investigator in the Clinical Genetics Branch.
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Area Students Learn from DCEG Volunteers at NIH High School Scientific Training and Enrichment Program (HiSTEP)
Students in the 2019 NIH High School Scientific Training and Enrichment Program (HiSTEP) learned about the influence of technology on various groups and created public health campaign videos to educate target audiences about the risks and consequences of technology with the guidance of DCEG staff and fellows.
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2019 Summer Intern Poster Event
The 2019 Summer Intern Program culminated in a poster session displaying students' research that took place on August 9, 2019.
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Service and Science Recognized at NIH Director’s Awards
DCEG investigators received NIH Director’s Awards in July 2019 for their service to Camp Fantastic, the Agricultural Health Study, and the Women Scientist Advisors Executive Committee.
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Hatch Retires from DCEG
Dr. Maureen Hatch, senior staff scientist in the Radiation Epidemiology Branch retired from DCEG in July 2019.
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Validation of New High Throughput, Low Cost HPV Test for Cervical Cancer Prevention
High-throughput, low cost genotyping assay, TypeSeq, detects cervical precancer and estimates HPV vaccination efficacy.
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Risk for Treatment-related Leukemia after Chemotherapy for Childhood Cancer has Increased Over Last 45 years
Risk of therapy-related myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia (tMDS/AML) after initial chemotherapy for childhood cancer has significantly increased between 1975 and 2015, according to a new analysis by Pragati Advani, Ph.D., and colleagues.
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MGUS Immune Markers Predict Risk of Progression to Multiple Myeloma
Longitudinal prospective study links changes in monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) immune markers with progression to multiple myeloma.
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Breastfeeding Associated with Lower Breast Cancer Risk in Women with Li-Fraumeni Syndrome
Breastfeeding for at least seven months was associated with 43 percent reduced risk of breast cancer in women with the cancer predisposition syndrome, Li-Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS).
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NCI study finds long-term increased risk of cancer death following common treatment for hyperthyroidism
Radioactive iodine (RAI) treatment for hyperthyroidism is associated with increased risk of death from solid cancers, including breast cancer, new study finds.
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Stewart Awarded Scientific Tenure by the NIH
In June 2019, Douglas Stewart, M.D., was awarded scientific tenure by the NIH and promoted to senior investigator in the Clinical Genetics Branch.
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Mirabello Awarded Scientific Tenure by the NIH
In June 2019, Lisa Mirabello, Ph.D., M.S., was awarded scientific tenure by the NIH and promoted to senior investigator in the Clinical Genetics Branch.
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Antibodies to HPV16 Measured in Blood up to 28 Years Prior to Oropharyngeal Cancer Diagnosis
Human papillomavirus-16-E6 antibodies can be detected in the blood of people with oropharyngeal cancer up to 28 years prior to diagnosis, according to new study by the National Cancer Institute and the International Agency for Research on Cancer.
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The Unique Role of Staff Clinicians in DCEG Research
Staff clinicians operate at the intersection of clinical care and research on natural history studies of families with cancer predisposition syndromes.
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Mille Receives Bernard Wheatley Award
In May 2019, Matthew Mille received the Bernard Wheatley Award for best submitted paper to the Journal of Radiological Protection.
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Higher Risk Threshold Better for Selecting Ever-Smokers for Lung Cancer Screening
Researchers determined a higher risk threshold for selecting ever-smokers for screening with low-dose CT could lower the ratio of individuals screened to prevent one lung cancer death, improving on US Preventive Services Task Force guidelines.
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2019 Spring Town Hall Meeting
The spring town hall meeting was held in May 2019 to talk about recent scientific achievements and new and ongoing research efforts, and to recognize accomplishments and contributions of staff.