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1. Cancer and the Environment
(Posted: 06/17/2004) - One of the hopeful messages from cancer research is that most of the cases of cancer are linked to environmental causes and, in principle, can be prevented. Together, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences have recently published a new booklet titled "Cancer and the Environment," which focuses on the agents in the environment that cause cancer and what we can do to lower our cancer risk.
2. Striking a Healthy Energy Balance
(Posted: 01/30/2004, Updated: 03/31/2004) - At a time when nearly two-thirds of the U.S. population is considered overweight or obese, compelling evidence suggests that excess body weight is a risk factor for many cancers.
3. Virtual Colonoscopy: Are We There Yet?
(Posted: 03/22/2004) - To commemorate March as National Colon Cancer Prevention month, this edition of BenchMarks focuses on potential new screening methodologies for the early detection of colorectal cancers.
4. Telemedicine: Transporting Cancer Expertise to All Corners of the World
(Posted: 10/31/2003) - This issue of BenchMarks brings information on TELESYNERGY, an integrated telecommunications system of computers, microscopes, cameras, and other equipment that can transmit X-rays and other medical images or a live exam of a patient to distant sites where clinicians can discuss the case as if they were in the same room.
5. Understanding Cancer Statistics
(Posted: 09/02/2003) - This issue of BenchMarks offers a variety of information on cancer statistics and what they mean in relation to the just released Report to the Nation on cancer statistics 1975-2000.
6. Survivorship and the Changing Role of Palliative Care
(Posted: 07/25/2003) - Globally, there are an estimated 22.4 million people living with a history of cancer and approximately 9 million cancer survivors in the United States.
7. More Than a Cover Up: NCI Research to Prevent Skin Cancer
(Posted: 07/01/2003) - In this edition of BenchMarks, you'll find an interview with two skin cancer researchers from the National Cancer Institute, audio clips from that interview, skin cancer graphics, and a fact sheet covering both nonmelanoma and melanoma skin cancers.
8. 2015: A Target Date for Eliminating Suffering and Death Due to Cancer
(Posted: 05/16/2003) - NCI Director Andrew C. von Eschenbach's, M.D., recently announced challenge goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer by 2015.
9. NCI Pursues Vaccines to Prevent and Treat Cancer
(Posted: 03/21/2003) - In this issue, BenchMarks examines prevention and treatment cancer vaccines that are currently in development at NCI and other cancer centers.
10. Are Triplets Better?
(Posted: 12/30/2002) - At the 20th Annual Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium in New York, N.Y., there were numerous presentations about advances in chemotherapy clinical trials that used triplets -- combinations of three chemotherapy agents as opposed to more conventional single or double agent therapy.
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