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: August 12th, 2024)
General Cancer Control News and Research
- According to a recent study, eliminating race disparities in colon cancer testing in the U.S. would dramatically reduce colon cancer, and colon cancer death rates, among Black people.
- A recent study found that nearly half of adult cancer deaths in the US could be prevented through lifestyle changes.
- USDA and Reinvestment Fund recently launched a new program to increase access to healthy food in rural areas.
- A recent study has identified diet as a significant risk factor for colon cancer in young adults.
- A new study suggests that substituting the 20-pack-year requirement with a 20-year smoking duration requirement for lung cancer screening would increase the number of lung cancer patients eligible for screening and eliminate racial disparities in screening eligibility.
- A recent study found that individuals with cannabis-use related disorder may be at a risk for head and neck cancer.
