2018 - News Updates
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Across many health behaviors, long-term oral contraceptive use lowers risk for ovarian and endometrial cancers
DCEG researchers investigated whether the relationship between oral contraceptive use and risks for ovarian, endometrial, breast, and colorectal cancers change when looking at groups of women who have different health behaviors in the years leading up to and during menopause (for example, smoking, alcohol use, BMI, and physical activity).
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Risk-based lung cancer screening may prevent more deaths than current U.S. guidelines
A study from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) offers new evidence that individualized lung cancer risk-based screening may be more effective at preventing lung cancer deaths than current U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) screening criteria.