Skin cancer risk in athletes: The dangers of ultraviolet radiation
The dangers of ultraviolet radiation exposure, which most often comes from the sun, are well-known.…
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Cancer now leading cause of death in high income countries
Cancer now leading cause of death in high-income countries – while heart disease burden persists…
Why plants don’t die from cancer
Stuart Thompson, University of Westminster Chernobyl has become a byword for catastrophe. The 1986 nuclear…
Tips from Nigeria on teaching teens about breast and cervical cancer
Chris Ifediora, Griffith University Globally, one in six women will develop cancer in her lifetime,…
Shorten promises $2.3 billion package to relieve costs for cancer patients
Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra Bill Shorten has promised his government would introduce a A$2.3…
Obesity and alcohol responsible for nearly 30,000 cases of breast cancers in the next decade
Body fatness and alcohol consumption are the leading preventable causes of breast cancer in Australian…
Cancer survivors urgently need funded rehabilitation care
Jennifer Michelle Jones, University of Toronto There are now more than 17 million cancer survivors…
Cancer drug pricing gets in the way of treatment in developing countries
Vikash Sewram, Stellenbosch University Most cancers can now be detected early. This hasn’t always been…
Cancer: new DNA sequencing technique analyses tumours cell by cell to fight disease
Alba Rodriguez-Meira, University of Oxford and Adam Mead, University of Oxford A new DNA sequencing…
Potential treatment for eye cancer using tumour-killing virus
Hemant Khanna, University of Massachusetts Medical School When most people think of the word “virus,”…