Can Ozempic prevent cancer? A doctor explains why the headlines are easy to misread

In the weeks astir the 2026 yearly gathering of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, my telephone kept buzzing with alerts astir GLP-1 drugs and cancer. The headlines were everywhere—from NPR and The Washington Post to Substack and heated exchanges connected societal media—all circling the aforesaid claim: Ozempic mightiness little the hazard of cancer.