Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center Archives
Searching out pancreatic cancer risk
Dec. 7, 2017—Vanderbilt researchers have identified a biomarker that could be used to predict pancreatic cancer risk.
Researchers seek best ways to increase HPV vaccination rates
May. 11, 2017—Tennessee has one of the lowest human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates in the nation, and investigators at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) are hoping to change this by improving the way medical providers present these vaccines to patients and by improving patient and patient family education.
Exercise during teen years linked to lowered risk of cancer death later
Aug. 4, 2015—Women who exercised during their teen years were less likely to die from cancer and all other causes during middle-age and later in life, according to a new study by investigators at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Shanghai Cancer Institute in China.
Healthy diet linked to lower death rates among low-income residents in Southeastern U.S.
Jun. 29, 2015—A low-fat diet rich in plants, whole grains and seafood, and low in red and processed meats, sweets and sugary drinks was linked with a lower risk of dying from heart disease, stroke, cancer or other diseases among a population of low-income, mostly African American individuals living in the Southeast.
Cancer survival improvements vary by age, race
Feb. 26, 2015—Improvements in cancer diagnosis and treatment have led to longer survival for most cancer patients in the United States. However, the improvement in survival was substantially greater among younger patients and those who are white in most of the cancers studied, according to new research by Vanderbilt University investigators.
Low selenium and lung cancer
Aug. 6, 2014—Vanderbilt researchers have found that selenium deficiency may contribute to the racial disparity in lung cancer incidence.
Cancer studies reveal new genetic variants
Apr. 4, 2013—The future of cancer is becoming clearer. And it’s not looking so good for cancer.
Complementary and alternative medicine use differs by race, economics
Oct. 9, 2012—Use of complementary and alternative medicine differs by race and socioeconomic factors, study reports.
African ancestry, stomach bug link
Aug. 16, 2012—Socioeconomic factors, African ancestry linked to risk for cancer-causing infection.
Kids’ cells okay after mom’s cancer radiation
Jun. 22, 2012—Study finds no evidence of increased mitochondrial mutations in the children of women treated with radiation for cancer.
Urine biomarker for colon cancer?
Mar. 10, 2012—A molecule detectable in urine may be helpful in diagnosing colon cancer.
