Cancer Article Summaries

Selected articles that are authored or coauthored by staff of CDC’s Division of Cancer Prevention and Control are summarized on the following pages. See all of CDC’s cancer research.

2018

• June 14, 2018: Use of Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests by State
• March 22, 2018: HPV Vaccines and Cervical Precancers

2017

• December 7, 2017: Cancer Survival in the United States
• December 5, 2017: Certain People with Colorectal Cancer Are Less Likely to Get an Important Test
• September 14, 2017: Race, Sex, and Age Can Make a Difference in Surviving HPV-Associated Cancers
• September 6, 2017: Cost of Cancer-Related Neutropenia or Fever Hospitalizations
• September 6, 2017: Some Older Women Are Not Getting Recommended Cervical Cancer Screenings
• July 5, 2017: Most Schools Can Do More to Help Students Stay Sun Safe
• May 30, 2017: Parents and Friends Can Influence Teens’ Decisions About Starting Indoor Tanning
• May 3, 2017: Deaths from Colorectal Cancer in U.S. Counties with Lower Education Levels
• May 1, 2017: Money Worries Affect How Some Cancer Patients Take Prescribed Medicines
• March 31, 2017: Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975–2014, Featuring Survival
• January 27, 2017: Cancer Screening Prevalence Among Adults with Disabilities
• January 3, 2017: Economic Evaluation of CDC’s Colorectal Cancer Control Program

2016

• December 1, 2016: State of the Science on Melanoma Prevention and Screening
• November 16, 2016: Developing a Cost Data Collection Tool for Cancer Registry Planning
• November 2, 2016: Anxiety and Depression Medicine Use Among Cancer Survivors
• October 13, 2016: Breast Cancer Rates Among Black Women and White Women
• September 8, 2016: Schools Can Help Prevent Skin Cancer
• August 10, 2016: Lung Cancer Survivors May Feel Blame
• June 7, 2016: Women’s Perceived and Actual Risk of Getting Cancer
• June 2, 2016: Colorectal Cancer Screening Capacity in the United States
• May 2, 2016: The Economics of Breast Cancer in Younger Women in the U.S.
• April 11, 2016: New Cases of Melanoma Among Hispanics in the United States
• March 9, 2016: Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975–2012
• January 13, 2016: Providers’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Related to Colorectal Cancer in Brazil

2015

• December 17, 2015: 2 of 3 People Are Living At Least Five Years After Cancer Diagnosis
• December 2015: Health Behaviors and Follow-Up Care Among Colorectal Cancer Survivors
• November 2015: Cancer Survivorship Supplement
• September 2015: Gallbladder Cancer Incidence and Death Rates
• September 2015: Indoor Tanning Among Adults in the United States
• September 2015: Sunscreen Use Among Adults in the United States
• August 31, 2015: Journal Supplement: The Reach and Health Impacts of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program
• July 8, 2015: CDC’s Cervical Cancer Study
• July 2, 2015: Expected New Cancer Cases and Deaths in 2020
• April 29, 2015: Assessment of HPV Types in Cancers
• April 23, 2015: Use of the Persuasive Health Message Framework in a Mammography Promotion Campaign
• April 23, 2015: African American Women and Mass Media Campaign Evaluation
• January 28, 2015: Cancer Survival: The Start of Global Surveillance

2014

• March 25, 2014: Barriers to Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination Among Adolescents in the United States

2013

• December 3, 2013: AMIGAS: A Cervical Cancer Prevention Trial Among Mexican-American Women
• May 7, 2013: Preventing Skin Cancer by Reducing Indoor Tanning
• January 10, 2013: Cervical Cancer Rates Among Young Women in the United States

2012

• November 15, 2012: Increased Risk of Rare Cancer as DES Daughters Age
• July 24, 2012: Malignant Melanoma in Non-Hispanic Black Patients
• July 24, 2012: Workers Without Paid Sick Leave May Skip Cancer Screening Tests
• June 28, 2012: Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors