November 21, 2007 – 9:48 am
After years of lobbying by health groups, Tasmania is to start taking a strategic approach to providing cancer services.
Over the next 18 months, the Cancer Network will co-ordinate the groups and people working with cancer patients, to ensure consistent care and services state wide.
The network will be set up by the Health Department, using $1 […]
November 19, 2007 – 9:48 am
New Delhi (PTI): Anti-cancer treatments may have an opposite effect on the cancareous cells increasing the small population of cancer stem cells believed to drive the disease, according to a latest research.
The research was undertaken by Vasyl Vasko, alongwith scientists from the CRTRC Institute for Drug Development in San Antonio and Johns Hopkins University after […]
November 12, 2007 – 7:50 am
DENTAL experts last night called for more research into mouth cancer, which is killing as many people today as it did 30 years ago.
The number of overall cancer deaths in the UK fell 15 per cent over the same period.
Professor Saman Warnakulasuriya, chair in oral medicine at King’s College London, said: “We need research into […]
November 12, 2007 – 7:49 am
NEW DELHI: Indians need to increase their intake of fruits and non-starchy vegetables while cutting down on sugary drinks, fast food and red and processed meat to check cancer.
According to the new Global Report on Diet and Cancer brought out by the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research, Indians must […]
November 11, 2007 – 7:48 am
By Barbara Sills, Special to The Times
November 12, 2007
“Since you are a cancer survivor, it would be wise to run a few tests,” said the neurologist I recently visited. I cringed when I heard his words. The thought of a few tests didn’t bother me: I like it when a doctor pays attention to my […]
November 10, 2007 – 7:20 am
Breast cancer services at the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar are to be shut down by the Health Service Executive. Eithne Donnellan , Health Correspondent, reports.
No new breast cancer patients will be referred there and about 600 women a year who used the service will be referred instead to the Mater hospital in […]
November 8, 2007 – 5:24 am
By Tan Ee Lyn
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Cervical cancer is much more common in Asia than the quarter of a million new cases recorded each year, according to an expert, who says governments should consider vaccinating all women because screenings are too costly.
Margaret Stanley, professor of epithelial biology at Cambridge University, said Asia recorded around […]
November 7, 2007 – 5:24 am
Singapore - Scientists are discovering that foods like curry and beans could help fight cancer, a conference was told on Tuesday.
Researchers from the University of Maryland said compounds found in legumes and bran may act as a natural sunscreen for the skin.
The molecules, related to vitamin B, help protect DNA in skin cells from cancer-causing […]
November 4, 2007 – 3:13 pm
FRIDAY, Nov. 2 (HealthDay News) — Radiation seed implants, known as brachytherapy, are just as effective for treating prostate cancer in men 60 and younger as they are for older men, a new study finds.
Brachytherapy is a minimally invasive procedure in which small radioactive seeds are placed in the prostate to kill cancer cells. Recovery […]
November 3, 2007 – 3:11 pm
By Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor
Published: 03 November 2007
Everyone tires, sooner or later, of being told what to do, especially when the advice is confusing, conflicting or plain contradictory. Nowhere is that more evident than in the area of diet.
The response to this week’s report from the World Cancer Research Fund, the largest review of […]
