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Anger is boiling over near Naples after revelations about toxic mafia dumps blamed for rising cancer rates that have prompted accusations the state is ignoring a vast public health crisis.

• 21 ноября 2013, 13:23

Cancer cost the then 27 countries of the European Union 126 billion euros ($170.1 billion) in 2009.

• 14 октября 2013, 13:09

A new software tool may help doctors eliminate mistakes when judging whether a spot that turns up on a smoker's lung scan is cancerous or not.

• 06 сентября 2013, 11:47

Young women who drink alcohol every day may be raising significantly their risk of breast cancer.

• 29 августа 2013, 16:57

A plant extract used in Chinese herbal remedies for arthritis, gout and inflammation has been directly linked to cancer and causes a surprising number of genetic mutations.

• 08 августа 2013, 18:15

US actor Dustin Hoffman has undergone successful treatment for cancer.

• 07 августа 2013, 14:33

Postmenopausal women who take certain blood pressure medications for 10 years or more face twice the risk of developing breast cancer..

• 06 августа 2013, 18:22

Doctor of Chemistry Diyas Myrzakozha from Almaty has developed a principally new method of highly accurate early diagnostics of cancer.

• 29 июля 2013, 16:38

A new kind of surgical knife can tell cancerous from healthy tissue in seconds and may help improve tumor removal in the operating room.

• 19 июля 2013, 10:01

US scientists said they have confirmed a surprising 2011 study that found a higher risk of prostate cancer among men who consume omega-3 fatty acids.

• 12 июля 2013, 11:12

Long-term exposure to particulate air pollution boosts the risk of lung cancer, even at concentrations below the legal maximum.

• 10 июля 2013, 18:44

Patients who successfully battled cancer during childhood face an extraordinarily high rate of chronic illness during their grown-up years.

• 12 июня 2013, 16:56

The Chinese are increasingly facing diseases of affluence such as cancer, according to a study to be published Saturday in a leading medical journal, with threats to health including diet, pollution and city living.

• 08 июня 2013, 10:45

A spokesman for Michael Douglas denied Monday that the veteran Hollywood actor had blamed his throat cancer on oral sex.

• 04 июня 2013, 12:50

Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie said Sunday she had been "moved" by public support after she revealed she had had a double mastectomy to reduce her high risk of breast cancer.

• 04 июня 2013, 10:22

A simple vinegar test cut cervical cancer rates among Indian women by nearly a third and could prevent 73,000 deaths worldwide each year.

• 03 июня 2013, 17:20

Veteran Hollywood star Michael Douglas blamed the cancerous tumour which developed in his throat three years ago on his sex life.

• 03 июня 2013, 12:53

Cancer researchers warned Friday that federal budget cuts enacted by the US Congress could block key advances in the fight against deadly disease.

• 01 июня 2013, 14:32

Separate studies of the human genome have found tantalising clues to the inherited causes of testicular cancer and non-inherited causes of congenital heart disease.

• 13 мая 2013, 11:53

Some of the most devastating forms of cancer have genetic similarities even though they strike different body parts.

• 03 мая 2013, 18:00