Dermatologists Best for Melanoma Diagnosis (HealthDay)Getting melanoma diagnosed by a dermatologist rather than a non-specialist could boost a patient’s odds for long-term survival, a new study finds.

Social, Health Care Factors Make Colon Cancer Deadlier for Blacks (HealthDay)Social, economic and health care inequalities — not genes — are probably to blame for black Americans’ higher rate of colorectal cancer death compared to whites, a new study finds.

Long-term Aspirin Use Linked to Lower Cancer Risk (American Cancer Society)Summary: A large analysis by American Cancer Society researchers suggests that daily long-term use of adult-strength aspirin may reduce cancer risk by about 15% in both men and women. But don’t start popping pills yet. Aspirin can cause serious side effects, and the evidence for cancer prevention isn’t strong enough yet to justify a recommendation, the researchers caution.

Fathering Children May Be a Problem for Testicular Cancer Survivors (American Cancer Society)Although treatment will cure most men with testicular cancer, it can leave as many as one-third of them sterile, according to French researchers. Men facing this disease should be counseled to consider banking their sperm for future use, they wrote in the journal Cancer (Vol. 100, No. 4: 732-737).

Experts Debate Giving HPV Vaccine to Boys (HealthDay)Amid the controversy around mandated vaccination of young girls against the human papillomavirus (HPV), some experts are beginning to wonder whether the shot should also be given to boys.

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