Recent publications on Cancer

Pocobelli G, Del Vecchio NJ, Cushing-Haugen K, Kamineni A, Corley DA, Rendle KA, Halm EA, Li CI, Oshiro CES, Carroll NM, Silver MI, Greenlee RT, Neslund-Dudas C, Breslau ES, Chubak J Up-to-date prevalence at recommended ages for discontinuing routine colorectal, cervical and lung cancer screening 2026 Feb 16 doi: 10.1093/jnci/djag044. Epub 2026-02-16. PubMed

Peoples AR, Obón-Santacana M, Kim AE, Kawaguchi ES, Fu Y, Qu C, Moratalla-Navarro F, Morrison J, Lin Y, Arndt V, Berndt SI, Bien SA, Bishop DT, Bouras E, Brenner H, Buchanan DD, Campbell PT, Chan AT, Chang-Claude J, Conti DV, Corley DA, Devall MA, Dimou N, Drew DA, Gruber SB, Gunter MJ, Harlid S, Harrison TA, Hoffmeister M, Hsu L, Huyghe JR, Keku TO, Kundaje A, Lewinger JP, Li L, Lynch BM, Le Marchand L, Martín V, Murphy N, Newton CC, Ogino S, Hardikar S, Ose J, Pai RK, Palmer JR, Papadimitriou N, Pardamean B, Pellatt AJ, Pinchev M, Platz EA, Potter JD, Rennert G, Ruiz-Narvaez EA, Sakoda LC, Schoen RE, Shcherbina A, Stern MC, Su YR, Thomas CE, Tian Y, Tsilidis KK, Um CY, van Duijnhoven FJB, Van Guelpen B, Visvanathan K, Wang J, White E, Wolk A, Woods MO, Wu AH, Ulrich CM, Peters U, Gauderman WJ, Moreno V Genetic risk factors modulate the association between physical activity and colorectal cancer 2026 Feb 5;24(1) doi:10.1186/s12916-026-04675-5. doi: 10.1186/s12916-026-04675-5. Epub 2026-02-05. PubMed

Francis DO, Davies L, Zhang Y, Arroyo N, Fernandes-Taylor S, Nordby P, Cher BAY, Venkatesh M, Aiello Bowles EJ, Alagoz O Overdiagnosis of Papillary Thyroid Cancer 2026 Feb 2;9(2):e2559852. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.59852. Epub 2026-02-02. PubMed

Wernli KJ, Anderson ML, Palazzo L, Luce C, Bezman N, Chin M, Gao H, Ralston JD, Rogers K, Su YR, Triplette M, Carter-Bawa L, Vasavada A, Jordan M, West M, Boler S, Green BB Effectiveness of health communication intervention to improve knowledge on timeliness to return for annual lung cancer screening: The Larch Trial 2026 Feb;169(2):550-561 doi:10.1016/j.chest.2025.07.4111. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2025.07.4111. Epub 2025-09-10. PubMed

de Jonge L, Lansdorp-Vogelaar I, Doria-Rose VP, Portillo I, Novak Mlakar D, Buron A, Quintin C, Espinàs JA, Plaine J, Škrjanec AL, Kofol Bric T, Binefa G, Font R, Bulliard JL, Chubak J, Ziebell R, McCurdy BR, Rabeneck L, Senore C, International Cancer Screening Network Colorectal Cancer working group Global impact of COVID-19 on organized CRC screening programs: lessons learned 2026 Feb;80:102047. doi: 10.1016/j.bpg.2025.102047. Epub 2025-09-05. PubMed

Mehta SJ, Shaw PA, Reitz C, Brophy C, Okorie E, Williams K, Segura A, Tao J, Snider CK, Wollack C, Friday S, Rendle KA, Klaiman T, Glanz K, Rhodes C, Asch DA Sequential choice vs colonoscopy outreach for colorectal cancer screening: Design and rationale of a pragmatic randomized clinical trial 2026 Feb;161:108188 doi:10.1016/j.cct.2025.108188. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2025.108188. Epub 2025-12-16. PubMed

Clark CR, Lykken JM, Chen PM, Haas JS, Feldman S, Ahn C, Gu CA, Kobrin S, Silver MI, Atlas SJ, Chubak J, Tiro JA Barriers to the Equitable Implementation of Risk-Based Cervical Cancer Management Guidelines 2026 Feb;41(3):759-766 doi:10.1007/s11606-025-09611-6. doi: 10.1007/s11606-025-09611-6. Epub 2025-05-30. PubMed

Aiello Bowles EJ, O'Connell K, Bhimani J, Gallagher GB, Blinder VS, Doud RB, Ergas IJ, Griggs JJ, Heon N, Kolevska T, Kotsurovskyy Y, Kroenke CH, Laurent CA, Liu R, Nakata KG, Persaud S, Rivera DR, Roh JM, Tabatabai S, Valice E, Wang P, Bandera EV, Kushi LH, Kantor ED Associations between age and chemotherapy dose reductions in women with stage I-IIIA breast cancer 2026 Feb;118(2):307-315 doi:10.1093/jnci/djaf314. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djaf314. Epub 2025-11-03. PubMed

Alagoz O, Lu Y, Gil Quessep E, Kerlikowske K, Mandelblatt JS, Sprague BL, Trentham-Dietz A, Hampton J, Groeneweg R, de Koning HJ, Miglioretti DL, Schechter CB, van Ravesteyn NT, Tosteson ANA, Stout NK, Lowry KP Five-Year Absolute Risk-Based and Age-Based Breast Cancer Screening in the US 2026 Jan 2;9(1):e2552944. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.52944. Epub 2026-01-02. PubMed

Mann H, Dimon E, Zhang Y, Arroyo N, Adil A, Zhang Y, Alagoz O, Fernandes-Taylor S, Aiello Bowles EJ, Davies L, Francis DO Impact of COVID-19 restrictions on thyroid cancer diagnoses in a comprehensive cancer center (2017-2023) 2026 Jan;21(1):e0340347. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0340347. Epub 2026-01-15. PubMed

Veiga LHS, Gierach GL, Smith SA, Howell RM, Mille MM, Saha M, Curtis RE, Ramin C, Bodelon C, Feigelson HS, Aiello Bowles EJ, Buist DSM, Weinmann S, Vo JB, Lee C, Berrington de Gonzalez A Contralateral breast cancer after radiotherapy and hormone therapy in two cohorts of US breast cancer survivors 2026 Jan;134(2):269-278 doi:10.1038/s41416-025-03240-w. doi: 10.1038/s41416-025-03240-w. Epub 2025-11-14. PubMed

Tiro JA, Metcalfe S, Muthukrishnan M, Jose A, Hansen K, Lin J, Dorsey CN, Gao H, Lacey C, Anderson ML, Meenan RT, Green BB, Buist DSM, Sparks A, Winer RL Promoting cervical cancer screening via a mailed HPV self-collection kit: Reactions from screeners and non-screeners 2026 Jan;142:109374 doi:10.1016/j.pec.2025.109374. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2025.109374. Epub 2025-10-03. PubMed

Brunson A, Wun T, Abrahão R, Quesenberry CP, Chubak J, Ruddy KJ, Chao CR, Hahn EE, Sauder CAM, Nichols HB, Kushi LH, Keegan THM Metastatic Recurrence Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer 2026 Jan;12(1):75-83 doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2025.4971. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2025.4971. Epub 2025-11-26. PubMed

Karen J Wernli, Laura Ichikawa, Lorella Palazzo, Casey Luce, Matthew Hudson, Fabrice Smieliauskas, Stephen Edge Real-World Quality in Resolution of Positive Findings in Lung Cancer Screening Comparing Quality Metrics (Alliance A23_Pilot9) 2026 Jan;100288. doi: 10.1016/j.chpulm.2026.100288. PubMed

Gunn CM, Boyer N, Sheikh S, Lee JM, Woloshin S, Specht JM, Hubbard RA, Bowles EJA, Su YR, Tosteson ANA Patient and Physician Perspectives on Using Risk Prediction to Support Breast Cancer Surveillance Decision Making 2026 Jan;46(1):35-46 doi:10.1177/0272989X251379888. doi: 10.1177/0272989X251379888. Epub 2025-10-21. PubMed

Kessler LG, Comstock B, Aiello Bowles EJ, Mou J, Nash MG, Bravo P, Fleckenstein LE, Pflugeisen C, Gao H, Winer RL, Ornelas IJ, Smith C, Neslund-Dudas C, Shetty P, Raghavan UG Reliability of cancer screening questions from the National Health Interview Survey 2026 Jan;21(7):e0352356. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0352356. Epub 2026-07-01. PubMed

Sampathkumar Y, Zakaria Z, O'Connell K, Bhimani J, Blinder VS, Burganowski R, Ergas IJ, Gallagher GB, Griggs JJ, Heon N, Kolevska T, Kotsurovskyy Y, Kroenke CH, Laurent CA, Liu R, Nakata KG, Persaud S, Roh JM, Tabatabai S, Valice E, Bandera EV, Aiello Bowles EJ, Kushi LH, Kantor ED Clinician- and Facility-Level Factors Associated With Receipt of Nonguideline Chemotherapy Regimens in Women With Stage I-IIIA Breast Cancer 2025 Dec 11 doi: 10.1200/OP-25-00086. Epub 2025-12-11. PubMed

Jones SMW, Aoki RF, Alexeeff SE, Carrell D, Cronkite D, Kushi LH, Mosen D, Strayhorn S, Tuzzio L, Mogk J, Mammini L, Kroenke CH Evaluation of the Electronic Health Record-Support Social Support Score in Breast Cancer: Comparison of Count and Item Response Theory Scores 2025 Dec;28(6):273-280 doi:10.1177/19427891251383539. doi: 10.1177/19427891251383539. Epub 2025-10-06. PubMed

Zepp JM, Feigelson HS, Prado YK, Reyes AA, Rope AF, Sawyer JK, Weinmann S, White LL, Hunter JE, Henrikson NB Cascade testing in an ovarian cancer traceback genetic testing program: The GRACE study experience 2025 Dec;34(6):e70133. doi: 10.1002/jgc4.70133. PubMed

Ou JY, Keegan T, Li QW, Kaddas HK, Abrahão R, Brunson A, Sauder CAM, Chubak J, Kushi LH, Hahn EE, Chao C, Nichols HB, Kirchhoff AC Identifying Patterns of Late Effects With Latent Class Analysis Among Adolescent and Young Adult Thyroid Cancer Survivors in California and Utah 2025 Dec;14(23):e71316. doi: 10.1002/cam4.71316. PubMed