Health studies project more than 21,000 new cancer cases will be diagnosed in Iowans next year, while 6,300 Iowans will die from cancer, and both numbers are rising.
Jody Hoyos, CEO of the Prevent Cancer Foundation, says the best defense is getting routine checkups and cancer screenings, and she suggests making it a New Year’s resolution to schedule an appointment.
“Just 51% of adults in the U.S. have had a routine medical appointment or routine cancer screening in the last year,” Hoyos says. “The challenge with this is we’re seeing a decline in the number of people going to these routine appointments, a 10-percentage point drop from our 2024 survey.”…