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The highest rates are in Lithuania, Czechia, and Uruguay.." /> </a> </div> <div class="title-and-desc title desc container"> <a class="title" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2024/kidney-cancer-mutational-signatures-geographic-variation" onclick=""> <span>Tumor Signatures May Help Explain Global Differences in Kidney Cancer Rates</span> </a> <div class="description"> <div class="date-author"> <time datetime="2024-07-01T12:00:00Z">July 1, 2024</time>, by Edward Winstead </div> <p>By analyzing patterns of DNA mutations in kidney cancers from people around the world, researchers have discovered new clues about possible causes of the disease. Identifying these mutational signatures might lead to strategies for preventing kidney cancer.</p> <p><a href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2024/kidney-cancer-mutational-signatures-geographic-variation">Continue Reading ></a></p> </div> </div> </li> </li> <li> <li class="general-list-item general list-item"> <div class="list-item-image image container"> <a class="item-image image" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2024/childhood-cancer-latin-america-catching-treatment-complications"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/g/files/xnrzdm211/files/styles/cgov_thumbnail/public/cgov_image/media_image/2024-02/CC-LMIC-Children-Factoid_0.png?h=44d2104c&itok=dfoo_Tly" width="228" height="171" alt="About 1 in 15 children with cancer in lower-income countries die from treatment-related complications" /> </a> </div> <div class="title-and-desc title desc container"> <a class="title" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2024/childhood-cancer-latin-america-catching-treatment-complications" onclick=""> <span>How a Simple Tool Is Saving Lives of Children with Cancer in Latin America</span> </a> <div class="description"> <div class="date-author"> <time datetime="2024-02-15T12:00:00Z">February 15, 2024</time>, by Nadia Jaber </div> <p>A system for catching treatment-related complications in children with cancer has proven to be highly effective in many Latin American hospitals. An NCI-funded study aims to help make these early warning systems sustainable.</p> <p><a href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2024/childhood-cancer-latin-america-catching-treatment-complications">Continue Reading ></a></p> </div> </div> </li> </li> <li> <li class="general-list-item general list-item"> <div class="list-item-image image container"> <a class="item-image image" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2024/nexcar19-car-t-cell-therapy-india-nci-collaboration"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/g/files/xnrzdm211/files/styles/cgov_thumbnail/public/cgov_image/media_image/2024-02/pediatric-patient-India.jpg?h=cb237673&itok=MkkqVC8O" width="228" height="171" alt="A health provider holds a stethoscope to a child's chest. The child sits on her mother's lap." /> </a> </div> <div class="title-and-desc title desc container"> <a class="title" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2024/nexcar19-car-t-cell-therapy-india-nci-collaboration" onclick=""> <span>India鈥檚 First Homegrown CAR T-Cell Therapy Has Roots in NCI Collaboration</span> </a> <div class="description"> <div class="date-author"> <time datetime="2024-02-07T12:00:00Z">February 7, 2024</time>, by Linda Wang </div> <p>Training provided by NCI scientists helped researchers in India design an effective CAR-T cell therapy, NexCAR19, that can be manufactured in India, made available at a reasonable cost, and meet the needs of patients in India鈥檚 health care system.</p> <p><a href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2024/nexcar19-car-t-cell-therapy-india-nci-collaboration">Continue Reading ></a></p> </div> </div> </li> </li> <li> <li class="general-list-item general list-item"> <div class="list-item-image image container"> <a class="item-image image" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2023/cancer-climate-change-impact"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/g/files/xnrzdm211/files/styles/cgov_thumbnail/public/cgov_image/media_image/2023-04/hurricane%20irma%20color.jpg?h=174dd9d0&itok=HKV0aACj" width="228" height="171" alt="A NASA satellite image of a Hurricane Irma" /> </a> </div> <div class="title-and-desc title desc container"> <a class="title" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2023/cancer-climate-change-impact" onclick=""> <span>Cancer and Climate Change: The Health Threats of Unnatural Disasters</span> </a> <div class="description"> <div class="date-author"> <time datetime="2023-04-05T12:00:00Z">April 5, 2023</time>, by Edward Winstead </div> <p>The consequences of climate change have already affected cancer care in the United States, particularly in areas hit by hurricanes and wildfires. Researchers are studying how to mitigate that impact and better understand the effect of climate change on the risk of developing cancer.</p> <p><a href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2023/cancer-climate-change-impact">Continue Reading ></a></p> </div> </div> </li> </li> <li> <li class="general-list-item general list-item"> <div class="list-item-image image container"> <a class="item-image image" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2022/cancer-immunotherapy-low-dose"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/g/files/xnrzdm211/files/styles/cgov_thumbnail/public/cgov_image/media_image/2022-11/Image%20of%20low%20dose%20immunotherapy.jpg?h=b9de644a&itok=KJaFcMYK" width="228" height="171" alt="Side by side outlines of two bodies with different numbers of IV bags on each side." /> </a> </div> <div class="title-and-desc title desc container"> <a class="title" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2022/cancer-immunotherapy-low-dose" onclick=""> <span>Study in India Could Make Immunotherapy More Affordable Worldwide</span> </a> <div class="description"> <div class="date-author"> <time datetime="2022-11-22T12:00:00Z">November 22, 2022</time>, by Nadia Jaber </div> <p>A study in India has found that an ultra-low dose of the immunotherapy drug nivolumab (Opdivo) helped people with advanced head and neck cancer live longer. Because the dose is 6% of what鈥檚 typically used in the United States and Europe, it is potentially more affordable.</p> <p><a href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2022/cancer-immunotherapy-low-dose">Continue Reading ></a></p> </div> </div> </li> </li> <li> <li class="general-list-item general list-item"> <div class="list-item-image image container"> <a class="item-image image" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2022/cervical-cancer-hpv-vaccine-one-dose-kenya"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/g/files/xnrzdm211/files/styles/cgov_thumbnail/public/cgov_image/media_image/2022-06/Kenyan%20girls.jpg?h=857b7e3a&itok=KONNntDG" width="228" height="171" alt="Several Kenyan girls looking at their cell phones." /> </a> </div> <div class="title-and-desc title desc container"> <a class="title" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2022/cervical-cancer-hpv-vaccine-one-dose-kenya" onclick=""> <span>More Evidence that One HPV Vaccine Dose Protects against Cancer-Causing Infections</span> </a> <div class="description"> <div class="date-author"> <time datetime="2022-06-03T12:00:00Z">June 3, 2022</time>, by Elia Ben-Ari </div> <p>One dose of the HPV vaccine was highly effective in protecting young women against infection from high-risk HPV types, a study in Kenya found. A single dose would make HPV vaccines more accessible worldwide, reducing cervical cancer鈥檚 global burden.</p> <p><a href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2022/cervical-cancer-hpv-vaccine-one-dose-kenya">Continue Reading ></a></p> </div> </div> </li> </li> <li> <li class="general-list-item general list-item"> <div class="list-item-image image container"> <a class="item-image image" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2021/cancer-alcohol-global-burden"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/g/files/xnrzdm211/files/styles/cgov_thumbnail/public/cgov_image/media_image/2021-08/wine%20bottle.jpg?h=864f86de&itok=HtK3-Tqc" width="228" height="171" alt="A bottle of wine being opened with a metal opener." /> </a> </div> <div class="title-and-desc title desc container"> <a class="title" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2021/cancer-alcohol-global-burden" onclick=""> <span>Alcohol Tied to 750,000 Cancer Cases Worldwide in 2020</span> </a> <div class="description"> <div class="date-author"> <time datetime="2021-08-12T12:00:00Z">August 12, 2021</time>, by Sharon Reynolds </div> <p>Nearly 750,000 cases of cancer diagnosed worldwide in 2020, or 4%, can be attributed to alcohol consumption, according to a new study. While heavy drinking accounted for most cases, light and moderate drinking accounted for a modest amount.</p> <p><a href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2021/cancer-alcohol-global-burden">Continue Reading ></a></p> </div> </div> </li> </li> <li> <li class="general-list-item general list-item"> <div class="list-item-image image container"> <a class="item-image image" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2020/hpv-vaccine-prevents-cervical-cancer-sweden-study"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/g/files/xnrzdm211/files/styles/cgov_thumbnail/public/cgov_image/media_image/2020-10/Girl%20being%20vaccinated%20-%20iStock_0.jpg?h=d1012580&itok=deaPqs3k" width="228" height="171" alt="Photo of a girl being injected with a vaccine in her upper arm." /> </a> </div> <div class="title-and-desc title desc container"> <a class="title" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2020/hpv-vaccine-prevents-cervical-cancer-sweden-study" onclick=""> <span>Large Study Confirms that HPV Vaccine Prevents Cervical Cancer</span> </a> <div class="description"> <div class="date-author"> <time datetime="2020-10-14T12:00:00Z">October 14, 2020</time>, by NCI Staff </div> <p>Widespread HPV vaccine use dramatically reduces the number of women who will develop cervical cancer, according to a study of nearly 1.7 million women. Among girls vaccinated before age 17, the vaccine reduced cervical cancer incidence by 90%.</p> <p><a href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2020/hpv-vaccine-prevents-cervical-cancer-sweden-study">Continue Reading ></a></p> </div> </div> </li> </li> <li> <li class="general-list-item general list-item"> <div class="list-item-image image container"> <a class="item-image image" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2020/cancer-global-reducing-burden-satish-gopal"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/g/files/xnrzdm211/files/styles/cgov_thumbnail/public/cgov_image/media_image/2020-09/Gopal%20Malawi.jpg?h=5dc6ba4f&itok=ghg226yU" width="228" height="171" alt="" /> </a> </div> <div class="title-and-desc title desc container"> <a class="title" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2020/cancer-global-reducing-burden-satish-gopal" onclick=""> <span>Reducing Cancer鈥檚 Global Burden: A Conversation with NCI鈥檚 Dr. Satish Gopal</span> </a> <div class="description"> <div class="date-author"> <time datetime="2020-09-24T12:00:00Z">September 24, 2020</time>, by NCI Staff </div> <p>Dr. Satish Gopal, director of NCI鈥檚 Center for Global Health, discusses opportunities for making progress against cancer worldwide, particulary in low- and middle-income countries, many of which are seeing increasing cancer incidence and deaths.</p> <p><a href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2020/cancer-global-reducing-burden-satish-gopal">Continue Reading ></a></p> </div> </div> </li> </li> <li> <li class="general-list-item general list-item"> <div class="list-item-image image container"> <a class="item-image image" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2020/retinoblastoma-global-disparities-low-middle-income-countries"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/g/files/xnrzdm211/files/styles/cgov_thumbnail/public/cgov_image/media_image/2020-03/Retinoblastoma.jpg?h=fa003453&itok=4HsW7wK3" width="228" height="171" alt="Retinoblastoma of the eye" /> </a> </div> <div class="title-and-desc title desc container"> <a class="title" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2020/retinoblastoma-global-disparities-low-middle-income-countries" onclick=""> <span>For Children with Retinoblastoma, Disparities Seen across the Globe</span> </a> <div class="description"> <div class="date-author"> <time datetime="2020-03-12T12:00:00Z">March 12, 2020</time>, by NCI Staff </div> <p>Children with retinoblastoma in low- and middle-income countries were, on average, diagnosed at an older age and with more advanced disease than those in high-income countries, an analysis shows. The data provide clues about global disparities in outcomes. </p> <p><a href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2020/retinoblastoma-global-disparities-low-middle-income-countries">Continue Reading ></a></p> </div> </div> </li> </li> <li> <li class="general-list-item general list-item"> <div class="list-item-image image container"> <a class="item-image image" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2020/kaposi-sarcoma-aids-paclitaxel-clinical-trial"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/g/files/xnrzdm211/files/styles/cgov_thumbnail/public/cgov_image/media_image/2020-03/Cancer-Treatment-Ward-Asekanadziwa-Mthangwanika.jpg?h=7a01c0ca&itok=78aEf_Rv" width="228" height="171" alt="A nurse with a patient at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Malawi" /> </a> </div> <div class="title-and-desc title desc container"> <a class="title" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2020/kaposi-sarcoma-aids-paclitaxel-clinical-trial" onclick=""> <span>Trial Should Change Care for AIDS-Related Kaposi Sarcoma in Sub-Saharan Africa</span> </a> <div class="description"> <div class="date-author"> <time datetime="2020-03-10T12:00:00Z">March 10, 2020</time>, by NCI Staff </div> <p>For people with advanced AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma in sub-Saharan Africa, results from a large clinical trial are expected to change treatment. In the trial, paclitaxel greatly improved outcomes compared with treatments typically used in the region.</p> <p><a href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2020/kaposi-sarcoma-aids-paclitaxel-clinical-trial">Continue Reading ></a></p> </div> </div> </li> </li> <li> <li class="general-list-item general list-item"> <div class="list-item-image image container"> <a class="item-image image" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2017/endometrial-cancer-incidence-rising"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/g/files/xnrzdm211/files/styles/cgov_thumbnail/public/cgov_image/thumbnail/100/000/6/files/endometrial-incidence-factoid-thumb.jpg?itok=AoBQk9UU" width="228" height="171" alt="" /> </a> </div> <div class="title-and-desc title desc container"> <a class="title" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2017/endometrial-cancer-incidence-rising" onclick=""> <span>Endometrial Cancer Incidence Rising in the US and Worldwide</span> </a> <div class="description"> <div class="date-author"> <time datetime="2017-11-20T12:00:00Z">November 20, 2017</time>, by NCI Staff </div> <p>Diagnoses of endometrial cancer have increased worldwide in recent years, with rates rising in more than half of the 43 countries studied during the decade ending around 2010, a team of international researchers has shown. </p> <p><a href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2017/endometrial-cancer-incidence-rising">Continue Reading ></a></p> </div> </div> </li> </li> <li> <li class="general-list-item general list-item"> <div class="list-item-image image container"> <a class="item-image image" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2017/tobacco-global-economic-burden"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/g/files/xnrzdm211/files/styles/cgov_thumbnail/public/cgov_image/thumbnail/100/100/3/files/who-25-million-thumb.jpg?itok=Z3kV1MYf" width="228" height="171" alt="" /> </a> </div> <div class="title-and-desc title desc container"> <a class="title" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2017/tobacco-global-economic-burden" onclick=""> <span>The Global Economic Burden of Tobacco: An Interview with Dr. Mark Parascandola</span> </a> <div class="description"> <div class="date-author"> <time datetime="2017-01-18T12:00:00Z">January 18, 2017</time>, by NCI Staff </div> <p>NCI鈥檚 Dr. Mark Parascandola answers questions about The Economics of Tobacco and Tobacco Control, the latest in a series of monographs on tobacco use and tobacco control, which was co-written with the World Health Organization.</p> <p><a href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2017/tobacco-global-economic-burden">Continue Reading ></a></p> </div> </div> </li> </li> <li> <li class="general-list-item general list-item"> <div class="list-item-image image container"> <a class="item-image image" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2016/global-cancer-symposium"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/g/files/xnrzdm211/files/styles/cgov_thumbnail/public/cgov_image/thumbnail/100/200/3/files/globe-stethoscope-thumb.jpg?itok=wErDJoUy" width="228" height="171" alt="" /> </a> </div> <div class="title-and-desc title desc container"> <a class="title" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2016/global-cancer-symposium" onclick=""> <span>Symposium Brings Rising Global Cancer Burden into Focus</span> </a> <div class="description"> <div class="date-author"> <time datetime="2016-11-09T12:00:00Z">November 9, 2016</time>, by NCI Staff </div> <p>An NCI Cancer Currents blog post about the NCI Global Cancer Research Symposium, which examined ways of increasing research collaboration, particularly in cancer prevention and screening, to reduce the cancer burden.</p> <p><a href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2016/global-cancer-symposium">Continue Reading ></a></p> </div> </div> </li> </li> <li> <li class="general-list-item general list-item"> <div class="list-item-image image container"> <a class="item-image image" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2016/global-cancer-collaboration"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/g/files/xnrzdm211/files/styles/cgov_thumbnail/public/cgov_image/media_image/100/200/8/files/UNGA-trilateral-article.jpg?h=b48714fe&itok=NGpUjGTa" width="228" height="171" alt="Political and health leaders sit at table with the flags of USA, Japan, and Korea behind them" /> </a> </div> <div class="title-and-desc title desc container"> <a class="title" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2016/global-cancer-collaboration" onclick=""> <span>Forging Collaborations to Spur Global Progress against Cancer</span> </a> <div class="description"> <div class="date-author"> <time datetime="2016-09-22T12:00:00Z">September 22, 2016</time>, by Douglas R. Lowy, M.D. </div> <p>NCI and NIH announce efforts to establish international collaborations that can accelerate progress in reducing the global cancer burden.</p> <p><a href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2016/global-cancer-collaboration">Continue Reading ></a></p> </div> </div> </li> </li> <li> <li class="general-list-item general list-item"> <div class="list-item-image image container"> <a class="item-image image" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2016/trimble-global-cancer"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/g/files/xnrzdm211/files/styles/cgov_thumbnail/public/cgov_image/media_image/100/400/3/files/globe-stethescope-promo-feature.jpg?h=982f41e1&itok=-I_mlQsw" width="228" height="171" alt="" /> </a> </div> <div class="title-and-desc title desc container"> <a class="title" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2016/trimble-global-cancer" onclick=""> <span>Tackling the Global Cancer Burden: A Conversation with NCI鈥檚 Dr. Ted Trimble</span> </a> <div class="description"> <div class="date-author"> <time datetime="2016-02-04T12:00:00Z">February 4, 2016</time>, by NCI Staff </div> <p>In honor of World Cancer Day, the director of NCI鈥檚 Center for Global Health discusses key opportunities in global cancer research.</p> <p><a href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2016/trimble-global-cancer">Continue Reading ></a></p> </div> </div> </li> </li> <li> <li class="general-list-item general list-item"> <div class="list-item-image image container"> <a class="item-image image" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2015/smokeless-tobacco-report"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/g/files/xnrzdm211/files/styles/cgov_thumbnail/public/cgov_image/media_image/800/200/files/smokeless-tobacco-article.jpg?h=42fbad1a&itok=x_H0RyV2" width="228" height="171" alt="" /> </a> </div> <div class="title-and-desc title desc container"> <a class="title" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2015/smokeless-tobacco-report" onclick=""> <span>Report Offers Comprehensive Look at Global Smokeless Tobacco Use</span> </a> <div class="description"> <div class="date-author"> <time datetime="2015-01-07T12:00:00Z">January 7, 2015</time>, by NCI Staff </div> <p>The first report of its kind finds that more than 300 million people worldwide use smokeless tobacco products and that they are linked to a number of cancers.</p> <p><a href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2015/smokeless-tobacco-report">Continue Reading ></a></p> </div> </div> </li> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="blog-pager clearfix"> </div> </div> </div> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <footer class="article-footer"> </footer> </article>  </div> </main> </div>   <div class="cgdpl desktop:grid-col-3"> <div id="nvcgSlListBlogRTRail" class="right-rail"> <div class="slot-item"> <div class="managed list with-date"> <h2 id="Featured+Posts">Featured Posts</h2> <ul> <li class="general-list-item general list-item"> <div class="title-and-desc title desc container"> <a class="title" 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