Among older patients with diabetes, metformin was associated with a reduced risk of cancer, but the combination of aspirin and metformin was associated with an increased risk of cancer death.
When both obesity and metabolic disease present, risk for certain cancers was even higher.
An experimental analysis sought to determine the usefulness of a natural language processing approach to measure openness of communication about genetic risk within families with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome.
Based on inverse variance weighted method, GERD found to substantially increase lung cancer risk.
Researchers sought to measure prognostic performance of the revised ISS, ISS, and chromosomal abnormalities risk stratification criteria.
After adjustment for confounding variables, risk of endometrial cancer was increased almost fourfold with tamoxifen treatment.
More than 50 cancer groups have issued an urgent call for more lung cancer screening among high-risk people.
A retrospective review of electronic health records in 2 large healthcare systems identified patients whose incomplete health information may contribute to disparities in cancer care.
Patients with diverticular disease had an increased risk of lung, prostate, breast, hematologic, colorectal, gastric, liver, and pancreatic cancers.
The number of people diagnosed with liver cancer is predicted to rise substantially by 2040.
