Rutgers Cancer Prevention and Population Research

11/19/2025

Congrats Drs. Ra and Amaro!

11/01/2025

Happy Halloween!

10/23/2025

Well-deserved congratulations to Dr. Shawna Hudson!

Congratulations to Shawna Hudson, PhD, professor, vice chancellor of dissemination and implementation science, and vice chair of research, who was inducted into the National Academy of Medicine on Saturday, Oct. 18!

For over 20 years, she’s led groundbreaking work to improve health equity in underserved communities. This honor celebrates her tireless commitment to bridging gaps in primary and specialty care for chronic illnesses, and her influence on both policy and practice.

06/05/2025

Congrats!

05/23/2025

Rutgers Cancer Institute

Happy Don’t FRY Day! As we kick off Memorial Day Weekend and the start of summer, let’s make sun safety a priority—not just today, but all season long!

Did you know?4 in 10 Americans take better care of their skin when traveling vs. at home. Only 41% wear sunscreen more than 60 days a year

We can all do better to prevent melanoma!

Here’s how you can stay safe:
✔️ Use broad-spectrum SPF 30+ every day
✔️ Wear sun-protective clothing, hats, and sunglasses
✔️ Seek shade during peak sun hours
✔️ Protect kids—just one bad sunburn doubles their risk of melanoma later in life

Wishing everyone a safe and fun Memorial Day Weekend.

04/16/2025

Interesting and important findings by Dr. George.

Social pressures and moral obligations, rather than hope for recovery, often push terminally ill patients to pursue futile treatments, Rutgers researchers find.

03/21/2025

This
study is especially looking for participants who have had or currently have a breast cancer diagnosis, or are 60 years or older, or have been told that they have a known pathogenic variant for breast cancer.

01/28/2025

https://bcstudy.rugcc.org/referral

Join the Rutgers Breast Cancer Genetics Study, Help Fight Cancer and Discover more about yourself!

01/23/2025

Sharing this insightful paper that analyzes indoor tanning regulation bills in US state legislatures from 1992-2023. You will recognize many National Council members and friends in the byline!

From the article:

"Indoor tanning is regulated by both state legislation and US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations. Laws restricting indoor tanning have been enacted in several states. An FDA regulation to ban indoor tanning by minors was originally proposed in 2015 but later was paused during the first Trump administration and has still not been finalized. Research on the process of how policy efforts translate into actual state indoor tanning laws is limited, mainly focused on describing existing laws and consequences of outlawing indoor tanning facilities in certain states or US regions. Indoor tanning regulations may have contributed to the recent decrease in indoor tanning prevalence among adolescents.

Using legal mapping methods that involved collecting and coding content of all available state indoor tanning legislation in 50 US states, the District of Columbia (DC), and Puerto Rico, we sought to address 3 primary research objectives:

(1) to describe the progression of state indoor tanning legislation (i.e., enacted or failed)

(2) to detail the content and stringency of bills with special attention to whether bills banned indoor tanning by minors (i.e., individuals aged younger than 18 years, hereafter “under-18 ban”)

(3) to explore the potential impact of political party affiliation of state government leadership when bills were proposed.
..The large proportion of under-18 bans in states across the political spectrum suggests a “tipping point” has been achieved, which may motivate other states or the FDA to prohibit minors from using indoor tanning facilities. Some advocates contemplate expanding restrictions on indoor tanning. New York recently considered, but did not enact, a ban on individuals aged younger than 21 years. Similar age restrictions on to***co, alcohol, and gambling may make under-21 indoor tanning bans less controversial. Three countries outlawed all commercial indoor tanning facilities, as recommended by the World Health Organization, but whether US legislators or the public would find this is acceptable is uncertain. Unless an FDA ban is finalized, further restrictions will be incremental, but the under-18 bans in almost half of US states may have laid the foundation for such efforts."

Read here: https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2024.30789

🖤 Thank you to everyone who worked on this important study. We appreciate you!

01/05/2025

12/01/2024

Rutgers Cancer Institute Oncologist Spotlight ⭐

Dr. Toni Beninato is an endocrine surgeon at Rutgers Cancer Institute and an Associate Professor at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She specializes in treating thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal tumors, offering personalized, evidence-based care to help patients make informed decisions about their treatment.

Learn more about Dr. Beninato https://cinj.org/toni-beninato-md-ms-facs

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11/22/2024

Today is the !

At Rutgers Cancer Institute the experts at our To***co Dependence Program understand that quitting is not easy. We know that smoking gets your body hooked on to***co. When you try to stop, you can feel nervous, tense, moody, sad, hungry, and have cravings. These feelings make it very hard to quit, but with our support you can beat these feelings and quit for good!

Learn more https://www.cinj.org/patient-care/to***co-dependence-program

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