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Breast Cancer in Hyderabad and India: A Looming Crisis Demands Urgent Acti
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 31: Breast cancer has emerged as the most common cancer among women in India, with Hyderabad recording the highest incidence rates in the country. The contrast with the USA, where rates have remained stable and screening is widespread, underscores a public health e
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Lung Cancer rates in Israel: Smoking remains top risk despite decline in m
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
A long-term study of lung cancer in Israel released on Wednesday by the Health Ministry found that smoking -- both active and passive -- remains the primary risk factor.
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Polygenic risk scores may enhance detection of colorectal cancer
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Despite the broad acceptance of screening initiatives in several high-income European nations, colorectal cancer rates remain high. Most people are screened starting at the same age in these initiatives, which tend to utilise a one-size-fits-all approach without taking individual circumstanc
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Pancreatic cancer rates rising faster in females than in males: Study
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Cedars-Sinai Cancer Center researchers confirmed in a large-scale nationwide survey that pancreatic cancer rates are growing and rising faster among younger women, than males of the same age. Their findings were published in the peer-reviewed journal Gastroenterology.
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Study: Cancer cases in medieval Britain around ten times higher than previ
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Cambridge [England], April 30 (ANI): The first study to use x-rays and CT scans to detect evidence of cancer among the skeletal remains of a pre-industrial population suggests that between 9-14 per cent of adults in medieval Britain had the disease at the time of their death.
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Ways to enhance cancer awareness among young students
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 23 (ANI): A new study suggests that implementing cancer education curricula in middle and high schools may improve cancer literacy and ultimately help reduce cancer rates.
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Cases of melanoma caused by UV exposure vary widely in American states: St
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 22 (ANI): A medical study carried out in the USA has revealed the state-wise variation in rates of skin cancer (melanoma) caused as a result of exposure to ultraviolet rays.
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Cancer education in school curriculum can pay off in the long run: Study
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 16 (ANI): A recent research has suggested that the inclusion of cancer education in middle and high school curricula can possibly improve cancer literacy among students, thus leading to reduced cancer rates.
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Ways to improve cancer literacy in young students
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 11 (ANI): According to a recent study implementing cancer education curricula in middle and high schools may improve cancer literacy in Kentuckians and ultimately help reduce cancer rates.
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Inflammatory bowel disease during childhood linked to higher cancer rates:
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 9 (ANI): A recent study has revealed that individuals who suffered from inflammatory bowel disease including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease during childhood are at an increased risk of cancer and early death.
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Polluted environment tied to elevated cancer rates
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 8 (ANI): You may want to rethink moving to a green neighbourhood as a recent study has linked poor environmental quality to elevated cancer rates.
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Cancer cases increase by 33% between 2005 and 2015: Study
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 4 (ANI): US researchers have found that between 2005 and 2015, cancer cases increased by 33 percent, mostly due to population aging and growth plus changes in age-specific cancer rates.
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