Each month, the Geographic Health Equity Alliance (GHEA) aggregates the latest news and research related to place-based cancer control and geographic health disparities. Below you will find the latest posts, updated regularly throughout the month.
(Last updated: December 23, 2020)
Place-Based Cancer Control News and Research
- A recent study finds that specific geographic areas in the United States are associated with higher rates of mortality from early-onset colorectal cancer in women.
General Cancer Control News and Research
- CDC provides healthy holiday tips and ways to lower your cancer risk.
- Researchers have identified a type of immune cells that acts as a major driver of breast cancer growth by preventing the accumulation of a specific protein that induces anti-tumor responses.
- Findings from a new research study indicate that the type and abundance of bacteria found in the mouth may be linked to increased risk of lung cancer risk in non-smokers.
- A study on cancer survivors’ attitudes toward trial participation during the COVID-19 pandemic found that as long as high rates of COVID-19 cases exist, patients with cancer will be less likely to consider trial participation even when sites return to pre-pandemic status.
- A new study finds that more than 40% of patients with lymph node involvement at breast cancer diagnosis could avoid lymph node surgery.
- A cancer-killing virus that scientists developed has potential to improve the immune system’s ability to eradicate tumors in colon cancer.
- A study finds that survivors from a wide range of cancers are more likely than people in the general population to be hospitalized or die from seasonal influenza even several years after their cancer diagnosis.
