| Cancer Information Highlights | | From the National Cancer Institute | | Updating you about cancer causes, prevention, screening, treatment, coping, and more | | | | New from NCI | | First-Time Smokers Shifting from Teens to Young Adults |  | | The age that people tend to first try cigarettes or to smoke regularly has risen from the mid-teens to the later teens and even into young adulthood. Learn more about this shift in smoking behavior. | | Video—Treatment Considerations for Children with Cancer |  | | In this video, parents and oncology experts discuss treatment-related decisions for childhood cancer. Topics include side effects, clinical trials, and ways to care for children at home. | Why Is Colorectal Cancer Rising among Young Adults?
Cases of colon and rectal cancers continue to increase in younger adults. In September, more than 400 leading scientists from academia, industry, and government, along with patient advocates, gathered online to exchange ideas and information about these cancers. | | Molecular Diagnostics for Cancer Treatment: Expanding beyond the Genome |  | | This section of the NCI Annual Plan & Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2022 explains how ongoing investments in cancer genomics research will help doctors better understand patients' tumors, leading to better diagnosis and treatment. | "Packaged" CAR T cells for Childhood Eye Cancer
For some children with the rare eye cancer retinoblastoma, results from a study in mice suggest that a type of immunotherapy known as CAR T-cell therapy could be an effective future treatment. | | | | | Also of Interest | Text Message Programs to Help You Quit Smoking
November 19 is the Great American Smokeout. If you want to quit smoking, perhaps a text message program will help you succeed. Sign up for a practice quit or build your quitting skills. | | Metastatic Cancer: When Cancer Spreads
Learn more about cancer that has spread, common sites of spread, symptoms, and where to find more information about treatment. | Contact Us for Help
Information specialists at NCI's Cancer Information Service (CIS), NCI's contact center, are available to help answer your cancer-related questions in English and Spanish. Reach us by phone, chat, or email. | | | | | |
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