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Research on cancer

World news about “Research on cancer” published by euronews.

  • Using a foe as a friend

    Last February Emily Whitehead was a very ill seven-year-old. She had been diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and standard treatments had… 13/12/2012

  • Missile-like breast cancer treatment is on target

    A new therapy for treating breast cancer could increase life expectancy by 50 percent for sufferers. T-DM1 has been praised by cancerologists for its… 18/06/2012

  • The lifesaving device that can smell cancer

    Prostate cancer is one of the leading killers in men. One reason for this is that so few go for a preventive, but invasive, medical check up. The late… 06/06/2012

  • Sounding-out ways to beat prostate side-effects

    Doctors in the UK say a new treatment for prostate cancer, using ultrasound, could leave patients suffering far-fewer side-effects than existing… 19/04/2012

  • Mobile phone cancer connection

    There are five billion mobile phones in the world. Many people, especially the young, use mobile phones without taking into account the alleged potential… 13/12/2011

  • Glow green for go: scientists develop cancer marker

    It is all too easy for surgeons to miss microscopic cancer cells when operating on a patient but now Japanese researchers have developed a spray which makes… 28/11/2011

  • Scorpion venom proves to be useful

    Scorpions may be feared for their poisonous stings but scientists in Cuba are researching the possibilities of using their venom as a treatment for cancer… 01/10/2012

  • Sausage lovers warned of cancer risk

    It’s bad news for sausage lovers. Swedish researchers say eating fifty grammes of processed meat a day – two slices of bacon or one sausage – increases the… 13/01/2012


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