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Bowel screening is detecting more cancers when they are less mature and have less aggressive biological characteristics according to new research presented at the NCRI Cancer Conference in Liverpool this week.
A major review of breast cancer screening services in Europe, jointly led by researchers at Queen Mary, University of London, has concluded that the benefits of screening in terms of lives saved outweigh the harms caused by over-diagnosis.
An active lifestyle such as doing housework, brisk walking and gardening helps to reduce the chance of getting breast cancer, new research shows today.
One of the world’s largest catalogues of scientific evidence relating to cancer and lifestyle factors that influence the disease will be showcased at the World Cancer Congress today (Tues Aug 28).
Ministers of Health and leading international figures at the 2012 World Cancer Leaders’ Summit (WCLS) today committed to reduce the burden of cancer through supporting wider uptake of national cancer control plans (NCCPs) and, in consequence, tackle the staggering economic and social costs of the disease.
The long-term health of young Australians is the real winner from today’s High Court ruling in favour of the federal government’s tobacco plain packaging laws, Cancer Council Australia said today (15 August).
Bowel cancer patients whose disease was found through screening have a better chance of beating their disease than those diagnosed after developing symptoms, new research shows today (Wednesday).
A calculator which predicts a patient’s risk of having bowel cancer could help doctors decide when to refer patients make better referral decisions rather than relying on individual symptoms, a new study shows today.
The HPV vaccine not only has resulted in a decrease in human papillomavirus infection in immunized teens but also in teens who were not immunized.
After a week-long meeting of international experts, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is part of the World Health Organization (WHO), today classified diesel engine exhaust as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1), based on sufficient evidence that exposure is associated with an increased risk for lung cancer.
Around one in six worldwide cancers - two million new cases every year - are caused by infections, according to a French study.
More than three quarters of people asked to list possible warning signs and symptoms of cancer failed to mention pain, coughing or problems with bowels or bladder according to a Cancer Research UK report, Delay Kills,* funded by Tesco and published today (Tuesday).
For the first time, a new study has shown that removing polyps by colonoscopy not only prevents colorectal cancer from developing, but also prevents deaths from the disease. Patients in the study were evaluated for up to 23 years after having the procedure, providing the longest follow-up results to date. The collaborative study, led by Memorial Sloan-Kettering researchers, was published in the February 23 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
The launch of the Global Colon Cancer Alliance (GCCA) was announced today at the ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium in San Francisco, California. The newly formed alliance unites two leading advocacy organizations: the Colon Cancer Alliance, a patient advocacy organization based in the United States and its European counterpart, EuropaColon. GCCA will effectively address the issues and provide information surrounding colorectal cancer to clinicians, patients and caregivers across the globe.
