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The impact of exercise on cancer risk

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…...

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Tips to reduce your cancer risk

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…...

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A Strategy to Eliminate Cervical Cancer

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…...

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Study warns of growing cancer burden across India

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…...

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Largest recorded drop is US Cancer deaths

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…...

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Varian Ships 3,000th TrueBeam System

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,…...

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Progress fighting cervical cancer in Africa

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…...

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Progress in Global Cancer Fight Is Not Only Possible but Achievable

In its recently published Third Edition, the Cancer Atlas examined patterns and inequities in cancer around the globe and concluded that “progress in the fight against cancer is not only possible but achievable.” This is the belief that motivates everything we do at the Global Access to Cancer Care Foundation.…...

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GACCF South Africa partner hospital installs new radiotherapy machine

Groote Schuur hospital in Cape Town has unveiled a new radiotherapy machine worth R36 million that can treat up to 40 patients a day. Prof Jeannette Parkes, head of Radiation Oncology at the hospital, said the department currently sees more than 3,000 new oncology patients a year. “Every year this…...

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