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There is strong evidence that higher levels of physical activity are linked to lower risk of several types of cancer including bladder cancer, breast cancer. colon cancer, stomach cancer and more. There is some evidence linking exercise to the survival of other cancers, including non-Hodgkin lymphoma, stomach cancer, and malignant…...

If you are concerned about cancer prevention the Mayo Clinic suggests seven steps you can take to reduce your cancer risk. It’s hard to keep track of all the reports and studies about cancer prevention and many of them often contradict each other. What is well known is that your…...

Vaccination, screening, treatment and palliative care are the key interventions of WHO’s Draft Global Strategy towards the Elimination of Cervical Cancer as a Public Health Problem, the fourth most common cancer in women. On World Cancer Day, new estimates show that this strategy could save more than 62 million girls and…...

In a recent paper: “History of Growing burden of Cancer in India: From Antiquity to 21st century” Mohandas K. Mallath of the Tata Medical Centre, Kolkata, and Robert Smith from Kings College, London show that India’s cancer burden will continue to increase as a result of the ageing of its…...

From 2016 to 2017—the most recent period for which we have complete statistics—America’s death rate for cancer saw “the largest single-year drop ever recorded.” So says the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Facts & Figures 2020 report, which notes that the 2.2 percent drop that year was part of a larger 29 percent…...

In late August 2019, Varian shipped the 3000th TrueBeam® radiotherapy system, representing a major milestone. Production of the unit began in late July, followed by quality control testing in early August. The 3000th TrueBeam was purchased by SUM Ultimate Medicare, a healthcare initiative of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University, in the city of Bhubaneswar, Odisha,…...

Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women in Africa, but it is the deadliest, according to the World Health Organization. The Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), which is a sexually transmitted infection (STI), is behind almost all cervical cancer cases. Despite the high number of deaths and the existence…...