Interview: NCI’s Cancer Statistics Review

In this interview, Dr. Kathy Cronin, Ph.D., from NCI’s Surveillance Research Program discusses results from the 2012 update to the Cancer Statistics Review, This new update adds data from 2009 on incidence, mortality and survival of cancer in the United States. For more information, visit http://j.mp/HSf1K5 I shot this interview on a Canon 7D, and

Nearly 800,000 deaths prevented due to declines in smoking

NIH study examines the impact of tobacco control policies and programs, and the potential for further reduction in lung cancer deaths Twentieth-century tobacco control programs and policies were responsible for preventing more than 795,000 lung cancer deaths in the United States from 1975 through 2000, according to an analysis funded by the National Cancer Institute

Women exposed to DES in the womb face increased cancer risk

NIH study followed daughters of women given diethylstilbestrol during pregnancy and found increased fertility problems and cancer risks A large study of the daughters of women who had been given DES, the first synthetic form of estrogen, during pregnancy has found that exposure to the drug while in the womb (in utero) is associated with