Cancer prevention, screening save more lives than treatment: 10 study notes

Becker's Healthcare December 6, 2024
Elizabeth Gregerson

Prevention and screening were collectively responsible for averting 80% of breast, cervical, colorectal, lung and prostate cancer deaths between 1975 and 2020, according to a study brief published Dec. 5 in JAMA Oncology.

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute analyzed how prevention, screening and treatment advances contributed to averting death from the five cancer types using mortality data and statistical models from the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network, according to a Dec. 5 news release from the NCI.

Here are 10 notes on the study’s findings:

1. Breast, cervical, colorectal, lung and prostate cancer were chosen for the study because strategies exist for their prevention, early detection or treatment and, in recent years,...

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