Policy Priorities in Cancer Care for Transgender People

After completing treatment for lung cancer and being told that I was in remission in 2020, I thought about how unique the respective journeys of patients with cancer could be.

In 2020, the American Cancer Society (ACS) updated its cervical screening guidelines, proposing two major changes: start cervical cancer screening at age 25, rather than 21, and perform primary human papillomavirus (HPV) testing, instead of a Pap test.

In a new study, metabolic syndrome and obesity were shown to have distinct but different associations with breast cancer.

Melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer that accounts for 75% of all skin-cancer-related deaths, is often detected later in people with darker skin complexions — and the consequences can be devastating, a Mayo Clinic study reveals.