DCEG News Updates
The latest news and research findings from the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics.
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2019 Winners Announced for DCEG Informatics Tool Challenge
In May, Stephen Chanock announced four winners of the 2019 DCEG Informatics Tool Challenge, a competitive funding program that supports innovative approaches to enhance epidemiological methods, data collection, and analysis using modern technology and informatics.
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Study shows incidence rates of aggressive subtypes of uterine cancer rising
New study shows that U.S. incidence rates for aggressive subtypes of uterine cancer rose rapidly among women age 30 to 79 from 2000 to 2015. Study also reveals racial disparities for these subtypes.
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Future of Low-Dose Radiation Research in the US: 2019 Gilbert W. Beebe Symposium
The 2019 Gilbert W. Beebe Symposium focused on the future of low-dose radiation research and the need for a long-term strategy to guide low-dose radiation research in the United States.
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DCEG Fellows Present at the 2019 NIH Postbac Poster Day
Eight postbaccalaureate fellows in DCEG presented at the May 2019 NIH Postbac Poster Day, sponsored by the NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education.
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Medical Research Scholar Dalal Meets NCI Director Sharpless: NIH Catalyst Article
Medical Research Scholar (MRSP) Nicole Dalal meets former resident of her NIH Campus room, Ned Sharpless. Article by NIH Catalyst writer.
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Dual-Staining Outperforms Cytology for Follow-up of HPV-positive Women in Cervical Cancer Screening Programs
Dual staining for p16/Ki-67 outperformed cytology in detecting precancer among HPV-positive women while referring fewer women to secondary screening, visual inspection of the cervix with magnification, known as colposcopy.
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Longer Intervals Between Lung Cancer Screens Could Reduce False-Positives for Low-Risk Patients
A personalized approach for choosing how long to wait between lung cancer screenings could be an efficient way to reduce false-positives and other harms.
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Savage Delivers Fred Li Award Lecture
Sharon Savage delivers Fred Li Award Lecture, “The long and short of telomere biology,” at Dana Farber Cancer Institute April 2019.
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Murphy Recognized with NCI Staff Scientist Outstanding Mentor Award
Dr. Murphy was recognized with the 2019 NCI Staff Scientist and Staff Clinician Outstanding Mentor Award at the CCR and DCEG Staff Scientists and Staff Clinicians Retreat. The award recognizes excellence in guiding the careers of trainees in cancer research.
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Leitzmann Delivers 2019 Schatzkin Lecture on Physical Activity and Cancer
Dr. Michael Leitzmann, from the University of Regensburg, Germany, gave the 2019 Arthur Schatzkin Memorial Lecture on physical activity and cancer.
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Advisory Group Recommends Agents for Review by International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) published recommendations from an independent Advisory Group convened to prioritize agents for review by the IARC Monographs programme. The recommendations appear in the journal The Lancet Oncology.
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Onabajo Receives Early Career Travel Grant to Immunology 2019 Meeting
Dr. Olusegun Onabajo, staff scientist in the Prokunina-Olsson Laboratory, received a 2019 AAI Early Career Faculty Travel Grant to the American Association of Immunologists Annual Meeting.
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2019 AACR Annual Meeting Features DCEG Research
Dozens of DCEG investigators, from fellows to the Division Director, presented their research at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) in Atlanta, GA.
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van Leeuwen Delivers Division Seminar, Discusses Research with DCEG Investigators
Dr. Flora van Leeuwen, winner of the 2019 Rosalind E. Franklin Award, visited DCEG to deliver a lecture on in-vitro fertilization and ovarian cancer risk and have roundtable discussions on survivorship research and cancer risk after early life exposures.
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LDpop Plots Linkage Disequilibrium by Ancestry or Geographic Location
LDpop is a free and publicly available cross-platform web tool that plots linkage disequilibrium by ancestry or geographic location. Access it online at https://ldlink.nci.nih.gov/?tab=ldpop.
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2019 NCI Intramural Scientific Investigators' Retreat, Highlights
DCEG investigators participated in the annual Intramural Investigators Retreat. Flora van Leeuwen and Matthew Meyerson gave the Franklin and Knudson Awards Lectures, respectively. Laufey Amundadottir (DCEG) gave an invited lecture. Several others received awards.
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Savage Presents on TP53 and Li-Fraumeni Syndrome at NIH Demystifying Medicine Series
Dr. Sharon Savage and Dr. Marston Linehan from the Center for Cancer Research present their research on inherited cancer at the NIH series, Demystifying Medicine, joined by one of Dr. Savage’s patients.
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Never Too Late to Start: Benefits of Exercise Continue Throughout Adulthood
It is never too late to benefit from exercise, study finds; physical activity throughout adulthood decreases risk of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, and cancer mortality.
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Obesity-related Cancer Trends Among Young Adult U.S. Population
Study finds increased incidence of obesity-related cancers in children and young adults in U.S.-based cancer registries.