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The Science Behind Cancer Screening

Screening looks for disease before there are symptoms, and can help doctors find and treat some types of cancer early. However, the potential harms of cancer screening may outweigh the possible benefits. Understanding the science behind cancer screening sheds light on how recommendations and policies are formed.

•	NCI Cancer Bulletin special issue
•	More information and resources about cancer screening
•	Infographic: Benefits and Harms of PSA Screening for Prostate Cancer

Competitive Challenges for Cancer Innovation

NCI's Division of Cancer Biology has announced winners of the NCI-DREAM challenge, in which participants built mathematical models that may one day lead to better cancer treatments. Federal agencies are using prizes and challenges to promote innovation with the help of the public.

•	DREAMing Big to Solve Cancer Research Challenges
•	NCI's Division of Cancer Biology
•	Other examples of Federal cancer challenges

Informational graphic with four sets of vertical bars, colored purple, pink, and gold, showing trends in where Americans looked for cancer information in 2003, 2005, and 2008.

National Survey Shows Americans Want Online Tools to Help Manage Their Health Information

The 2012 version of NCI's Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) includes data showing that more Americans expect doctors' offices, hospitals and clinics to maintain health information in a sharable, electronic format. Conducted since 2003, HINTS measures how people access and use health information, with a specific emphasis on cancer.

•	Time is Ripe for Health-Related Internet Tools
•	Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS)

The Science Behind Cancer Screening
Competitive Challenges for Cancer Innovation
2012 HINTS Data on Health Communications

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