Advanced cervical cancer rising fastest among White women in the South

HPV vaccination can prevent cervical cancer. CDC data shows vaccination rates by geographical region – source US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CANCER DIGEST – Aug. 21, 2022 – While the number of cases of advanced cervical cancer, cancer that has spread beyond the cervix, is highest among Black women, it is rising faster in White women than any other racial group, according to a new analysis in the Aug. 18, 2022 International Journal of Gynecological Cancer.

Older age, smoking and obesity raise cancer risk by as much as 29 percent

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CANCER DIGEST – Aug. 13, 2022 – Older age and smoking are the strongest risk factors linked to developing any type of cancer, a new study shows.

The large study of nearly 430,000 people participating in two ongoing American Cancer Society studies showed that there were 15,226 invasive cancers among participants within five years of enrolling in the studies. The results were published in the Aug. 3, 2022 journal Cancer.