Oncology & Cancer

Four studies look at global burden of digestive diseases

(HealthDay)—Global burdens of colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and stomach cancer increased from 1990 to 2017, according to four studies published online Oct. 21 in The Lancet Gastroenterology ...

Diabetes

Aspirin use doesn't cut cancer incidence in older T2DM patients

(HealthDay)—For Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes, low-dose aspirin is not associated with reduced cancer incidence, except in those younger than 65 years, according to a study published online June 16 in Diabetes ...

Oncology & Cancer

Report: Cancer remains leading cause of death in US Hispanics

While cancer is the second leading cause of death overall in the United States, it remains the leading cause of death among U.S. Hispanics. The finding comes from "Cancer Statistics for Hispanics/Latinos," a comprehensive ...

Oncology & Cancer

Healthy lifestyle may help mitigate high genetic risk of cancer

Healthy lifestyle factors such as abstinence from smoking and drinking, low body mass index, and exercise correlated with decreased cancer incidence, even in individuals with a high genetic risk, according to results of a ...

Oncology & Cancer

Persistent Black-White disparities seen in cancer mortality

(HealthDay)—The overall Black-White disparities are narrowing in cancer incidence but persist in cancer mortality, according to a report published online Feb. 10 in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.

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