A study of 85,000 older adults in the U.K. suggests that light- and moderate-to-vigorous-intensity daily physical activity can reduce cancer risk. The number of steps taken daily may be more important for lowering cancer risk than the intensity of activity, the study shows.
Sometimes cancer comes back many years after successful treatment. And when it does, it has often spread to other parts of the body. Researchers believe that if and how this happens is influenced by dormant cancer cells and how they interact with the immune system.
Documented conversations with their doctors on goals of care are not common in teens and young adults with advanced cancer. Researchers found that many patients did not have these discussions until the last month of life, and many asked about palliative care.
The Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer provides rates for new cases, deaths, and trends for the most common cancers in the United States. According to the latest report, overall death rates from cancer declined among men and women from 2001 through 2022, even during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic.
