This editorial reviews Decker et al’s study of more than 100,000 veterans experiencing homelessness who were overdue for colorectal or breast cancer screening. About 57,000 secured housing during a 24-month window and were more than twice as likely to get screened after doing so. 

In the same vein as weather forecast models that predict developing storms, researchers now have developed a method to predict the cell activity in tissues over time.  The new software combines genomics technologies with computational modeling to predict cell changes in behavior, such as communication between cells that could cause cancer cells to flourish.

Preoperative delay when treating breast cancer confers poorer outcomes, but growth rates and the upstaging likelihoods per delay interval remain unknown. This study evaluated upstaging risk, nodal spread, and tumor growth rates in vivo while awaiting treatment.