Each month, 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: April 19, 2023)
General Cancer Control News and Research
- Researchers at a university in England have developed a tool that can identify people most at risk of developing lung cancer within the next 10 years.
- Two key proteins have been identified as reliable predictors of disease recurrence of prostate cancer after treatment.
- The newly available artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT, may be helpful for breast cancer screening advice, with some limitations.
- Researchers recently used machine-learning to identify patterns in how protein groups in lung cancer cells regulate cell division and metabolism. Their discoveries may lead to a greater understanding of lung cancer cells’ vulnerability to different treatments.
- A recent study found that human papillomavirus (HPV) related cancers are more common in adolescents and adults who had previously been diagnosed with another form of cancer.
- The benefit of chemotherapy for patients with early-stage breast cancer varies by tumor anatomy. Recent research identified at what stage chemotherapy may be the most beneficial treatment for several different rare variants of breast cancer.