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A firm link between smoking and bowel cancer has been established following a review of studies into the area.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer announces the launch of the World Cancer Report 2008.
Two new studies in the Journal of the American Medical Association have found that people who supplement their diet with vitamins E and C or the mineral selenium do not have a lower risk of cancer.
Scientists at the University of Nottingham have identified a gene that helps to protect the body against lung cancer.
US scientists have found that raising taxes on beers, wines and spirits can have an immediate lowering effect on the number of deaths from alcohol-related health problems such as liver disease, alcohol poisoning, mouth and breast cancers.
In a paper to be published in Nature Genetics on 2nd November, a worldwide consortium of investigators present a major breakthrough for understanding the genetic basis of lung cancer.
A summit of more than 60 high-level policymakers, leaders and health experts have adopted a global plan aimed at tackling the growing cancer crisis in developing countries
The first research to look at recent trends in European cancer incidence, mortality and survival together has shown that cancer prevention and management in Europe is moving in the right direction. However, the research reveals that variations between countries in policies for mass screening, access to health care and treatment are reflected in the different cancer rates.
Experts from Brno's Masaryk Oncological Institute (MOU) have joined an international hereditary cancer genes research focused on inherited aspects of cancer, MOU spokeswoman Zuzana Joukalova told CTK today.
