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NCI calls for changing the definition of cancer
Growths that may or may not become invasive should be called something other than cancer, experts with the National Cancer Institute wrote in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Treating all lesions like cancer has led to expensive and sometimes dangerous overtreatment, and screening frequency should be reduced for low-risk lesions in low-risk individuals, the researchers said. Bloomberg (7/30), The New York Times (tiered subscription model)/Well blog (7/29)
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    Read a blog post on the NCI recommendations by LIVESTRONG Foundation senior medical adviser Dr. Brandon Hayes-Lattin.
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Family history of one cancer may boost risk of other types of cancer
Women with a close relative who has been diagnosed with breast cancer had a more than twofold greater risk of developing ovarian cancer, according to a study that examined family histories of cancer. Italian researchers also found that men were more than three times more likely to develop prostate cancer if they had a first-degree relative with bladder cancer. The study was reported in the Annals of Oncology. DailyRx.com (7/24)
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USPSTF recommends low-dose CT for patients at high risk of lung cancer
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has released draft guidelines recommending the use of low-dose CT scans to spot lung cancer in high-risk smokers and former smokers. Screening should target patients 55 to 80 who smoked one pack daily for 30 years or two packs per day for 15 years, including those who have stopped smoking within the past 15 years. However, annual screenings should be limited to high-risk individuals due in part to potential risk associated with radiation exposure, one of the authors said. Reuters (7/29)
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Cancer risk may increase with height in postmenopausal women
An analysis of data from the Women's Health Initiative involving 144,701 women aged 50 to 79 showed a 13% increase in risk for developing any type of cancer for each 10 centimeter increase in height. The height increase was associated with a 23% to 29% greater risk for kidney, rectum, thyroid and blood cancers, as well as a 13% to 17% increase in the likelihood of developing melanoma and colon, breast, ovarian and endometrial cancers. The findings were published in the Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention journal. Medscape (free registration) (7/25), Reuters (7/25)
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