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Over 80 percent of the world's city dwellers breathe poor quality air, increasing their risk of lung cancer and other diseases: WHO

• 12 мая 2016, 14:45

The EU postponed a decision to extend the approval of a key weedkiller for another 15 years amid an uproar that it may cause cancer.

• 08 марта 2016, 23:59

The UN's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) warned that processed meats like sausages and ham cause bowel cancer, and red meat "probably" does too.

• 27 октября 2015, 13:12

In a controversial shift, a leading US medical association urged women to wait until the age of 45 before getting an annual mammogram to screen for breast cancer.

• 21 октября 2015, 15:10

Fewer than a quarter of the 15 million people diagnosed with cancer worldwide this year have access to safe and proper surgery.

• 29 сентября 2015, 10:44

Being overweight more than doubles the risk of bowel cancer in people with a certain gene disorder, but a regular dose of aspirin can reverse the trend.

• 18 августа 2015, 14:15

Former US president Jimmy Carter said that recent liver surgery has shown he has cancer, and that it has spread.

• 13 августа 2015, 13:52

Having worked at Barclays for half a year, a programmer from Kazakhstan Askhat Murzabayev earned a little over $2 million and donated the money to the International Cancer Research Center.

• 22 июля 2015, 19:06

A new device that can be added to a smartphone may be able to accurately and cheaply diagnose cancer, a technology which could be useful in remote areas.

• 14 апреля 2015, 10:16

The case of Ashya King, whose parents removed him from a British hospital, put the health service in an "impossible position", one of his doctors has said.

• 10 апреля 2015, 11:41

Chief Oncologist of the Ministry of Healthcare and Social Development Kuanysh Nurgaviyev has reported on positive trends in the oncological situation in Kazakhstan and explained the increase of new cancer cases.

• 21 марта 2015, 14:46

The WHO introduced new cervical cancer guidelines, making it easier and cheaper to protect women against one of the deadliest, but most preventable, diseases.

• 03 декабря 2014, 13:43

International researchers said they have made steps toward understanding why the most commonly used drugs for osteoporosis worldwide may also prevent some kinds of cancers.

• 02 декабря 2014, 14:34

Oscar-nominated Australian actor Hugh Jackman has been treated for skin cancer for a third time in a year.

• 29 октября 2014, 14:04

Oncologist Nasrulla Shanazarov reported on the state of oncological help in Kazakhstan at the recent International Oncological Symposium.

• 03 октября 2014, 16:14

A drug developed by Swiss giant Roche to treat an aggressive form of breast cancer has been shown to extend patients' lives by almost 16 months.

• 29 сентября 2014, 10:00

Doctors have given a clean bill of health to Nepal's Prime Minister Sushil Koirala, following successful radiotherapy for lung cancer.

• 24 сентября 2014, 15:24

Airline pilots and cabin crew are twice as likely to suffer from skin cancer because of regular exposure to harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun.

• 04 сентября 2014, 14:20

International researchers said Wednesday the toxic injections might also be able to stop cancer in its tracks, at least temporarily.

• 21 августа 2014, 11:13

Being overweight boosts the risk of 10 common cancers, said a study of UK adults that prompted a call for tougher anti-obesity measures.

• 14 августа 2014, 13:26