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Morocco's first lady Princess Lalla Salma was awarded here on Thursday the gold medal of the World Health Organization (WHO) for her commitment to fighting cancer in Morocco and beyond.
A daily glass of your favorite alcoholic beverage might increase the risk of breast cancer, according to a new report by the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research.
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Australian researchers have discovered why men with a family history of prostate cancer develop a more aggressive strain of the disease.
A new study led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine indicates that profiling the genes of lung-tumor cells from patient blood samples may be a cheap, noninvasive way to help doctors choose the right treatments.
New Zealand scientists have unlocked the mystery of why so many cancer patients die of blood clots while undergoing chemotherapy in a study that might save lives.
As a cancer support counselor, Yuichi Shinada listens to cancer patients’ concerns and suffering, and works with them to think of solutions at Tokyo Medical University Hospital in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.
A new play about terminal illness confronts taboos about disease and death, writes Holly Williams.
One in eight Australian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer before their 85th birthday, a new report has found.
Hong Kong lacks resources to deal with lymphoedema: swelling of the arm or leg following the removal of lymph nodes, most often as part of cancer treatment.
A third of people living in the skin cancer capital of the world still do not know how it is caused, a new survey has found.
Australia's iconic marsupial, the Tasmanian devil, is developing resistance to a cancer that has nearly wiped out the species, a study has found.
Australian doctors behind the first trial of the robotic versus non-robotic surgery for prostate cancer have found that both methods produce similar results at three months after the operation, a study published in the Lancet medical journal said on Wednesday.
Women who have received fertility treatment can be reassured that in vitro fertilization (IVF) does not increase their risk of breast cancer, according to a 21-year follow-up study of women in the Netherlands.