Initiating annual breast cancer screening at a younger age may prevent more than half of all breast cancer-related deaths among childhood cancer survivors treated with chest radiation, according to results of a comparative modeling study presented at this year’s ASCO Annual Meeting.

Colorectal cancer and cardiovascular disease share common risk factors, such as obesity, lack of physical activity, and smoking. Therefore, there is a need to explore the long-term risk of cardiovascular disease in this population.