Placeholder while article actions load Body weight is considered a risk factor for cancer — but can losing it reverse that risk? A study suggests the answer is an emphatic yes, at least for those who lose significant weight through bariatric surgery. Patients who had the surgery were 32 percent […]
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Weight Loss Tied to a Dramatic Drop in Cancer Risk, New Study Shows
According to the C.D.C., people with obesity tend to have higher levels of hormones such as insulin and insulin-like growth factor-1, or IGF-1, which can stimulate the development of colon, kidney, prostate and endometrial cancers. Bariatric surgery can lead to substantial weight loss. Though some patients end up regaining some […]
Quebec to make HPV testing first step for cervical cancer screening
Quebec will replace pap tests with HPV tests as its main tool to screen for cervical cancer, the Health Ministry has announced. The HPV test, which detects high-risk types of human papillomavirus, will be offered to women between the ages of 25 and 65, every five years. The announcement comes a […]
The feasibility of implementing risk stratification into a national breast cancer screening programme: a focus group study investigating the perspectives of healthcare personnel responsible for delivery | BMC Women’s Health
Three major themes relating to implementing risk stratification into the NHS-BSP are presented. Quotations are provided to illustrate each theme and sub-theme, and are identified by their professional role. Theme 1: service constraints Participants described how they currently experience system constraints including; a lack of resources, workforce, and time to […]
The Prostate Cancer Foundation Announces first ever PCF-Pfizer Global Health Equity Challenge Award Winners
LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 29, 2022 – The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) today announced 11 PCF-Pfizer Global Health Equity Challenge Awards. A collaboration between PCF and Pfizer Global Medical Grants, the awards totaling $1.47 million are granted to teams at some of the world’s leading cancer research institutions to support […]
Stockton nurse describes her bowel cancer story in bid to raise awareness
A CANCER research nurse has shared her story of getting the disease she had been studying for a decade despite having no symptoms – and how getting a dog helped her through treatment. After clinical research nurse Barbara Campbell spent a decade working with bowel cancer patients, the last thing […]
Heart Screening For Cancer Patients
KUALA LUMPUR, April 15 – Two medical NGOs, namely the Maaedicare Charitable Foundation and the National Cancer Society Malaysia (NCSM), have announced a breakthrough partnership to deliver affordable cardiac screenings to cancer patients. Maaedicare, which operates the Maaedicare Cardiac Diagnostic Centre, will provide procedures such as electrocardiography, echocardiography, exercise stress […]
Can cancer blood tests live up to promise of saving lives?
Jacob Marquez, a clinical research coordinator at Oregon Health & Science University’s Knight Cancer Institute in Portland, Ore., draws blood from a clinical study participant on March 14, 2022. Parker is one of hundreds of people participating in a trial for a new liquid biopsy technology that could detect early […]