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CANCER DIGEST – Dec. 28, 2019 – One dose of the HPV vaccine may be enough to prevent infection from the potential cancer-causing virus, according to new research published in JAMA Network.
The study led by Ashish Deshmukh, PhD, MPH, and Kalyani Sonawane, PhD from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) showed that a single dose of the HPV vaccine may be as effective as the currently recommended two- or three-dose series.
CANCER DIGEST – Dec. 22, 2019 – Women who lose weight after age 50 and keep it off lower their breast cancer risk compared to women whose weight remains stable, a new Journal of the National Cancer Institute found.
In the study, researchers from the American Cancer Society and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and others analyzed date from a large ongoing public health study called the Pooling Project of Prospective Studies of Diet and Cancer. The analysis involved more than 180,000 women aged 50 and older from 10 studies, looking at weight loss and breast cancer.
CANCER DIGEST – Dec. 14, 2019 – Women who are able to exercise vigorously have a significantly lower risk of dying from heart disease, cancer and other causes, a new study shows.
The study involved 4,714 adult women who were referred to treadmill exercise and echocardiography due to known or suspected coronary artery disease.
