Julie Bauman, Stephanie Blank to lead NRG Oncology Cancer Prevention & Control Committee

MAHA report “Making our Children Healthy Again” focuses on ultraprocessed foods and is mum on tobacco

A recent report from the Make America Healthy Again Commission cites ultraprocessed foods, electromagnetic radiation, and herbicides as possible reasons for increased cancer incidence in children.

Most Americans unaware of cancer risks associated with drinking alcohol

Alcohol is a leading preventable cause of cancer, but public awareness of the connection remains strikingly low in the U.S., with just 40% of American adults recognizing alcohol as a cancer risk, according to a new study from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

May 30, 2025

Vol.51 No.21

Clinical Roundup

Wildfire pollution may lower survival of lung cancer patients

Breathing in wildfire pollution may make it harder for people with lung cancer to survive, according to a new study from UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers.

May 30, 2025

Vol.51 No.21

Cancer Policy

NCI Cancer Information Highlights bulletin cut due to RIFs

NCI’s Cancer Information Highlights bulletin, a section of NCI’s Weekly Digest Bulletin that informs readers of research updates related to cancer causes, prevention, screening, treatment, and coping, will no longer be published due to restructuring and reductions in force at HHS.

May 23, 2025

Vol.51 No.20

Cancer Policy

House passes Trump’s spending bill, which now moves to the Senate

The U.S. House of Representatives voted on the so-called “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act,” this week which included drastic, $715 billion cuts to Medicaid that will result in at least 8.6 million people losing health insurance coverage, including cancer patients and survivors.

May 23, 2025

Vol.51 No.20

By Claire Marie Porter

Cancer Policy

Legislation to increase access to breast and cervical cancer screening introduced in the Senate

Legislation aimed at increasing access to breast and cervical cancer screening was introduced May 22 in the U.S. Senate. The bipartisan Screening for Communities to Receive Early and Equitable Needed Services, or SCREENS, for Cancer Act would reauthorize the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, or NBCCEDP, for fiscal years 2026 through 2030.

May 23, 2025

Vol.51 No.20

Julie Bauman, Stephanie Blank to lead NRG Oncology Cancer Prevention & Control Committee

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