Asbestos: ovarian and laryngeal cancers now recognized as occupational diseases. Who is concerned ?
© ShutterstockClassified as carcinogenic in 1977 by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the use of asbestos in ...
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Detecting 25 cancers with a single blood test will (maybe) soon be possible
© shutterstockCurrently, to make a diagnosis of cancer, doctors generally prescribe a biopsy, that is to say a sample taken ...
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Tobacco, a (less known) risk factor for female cancers
© Shutterstock"Women are too little informed about the impact of active or passive smoking on their bodies", deplores Professor Loïc ...
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The number of cancers has doubled in France for 30 years
© Shutterstock / ST.artIn his last Weekly epidemiological bulletin, published on July 4, Public Health France unveils cancer figures in ...
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A long Covid may have more intense symptoms than some cancers
© ShutterstockMore than three years after the arrival of Covid-19, the notion of long Covid is becoming more and more ...
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The ketogenic diet could fight certain cancers
© Shutterstock / Yulia FurmanThe principle of the ketogenic diet is to consume less than 10% of calories as carbohydrates ...
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Pediatric cancers: why are they on the rise?
© Shutterstock / Ground PictureAbout 10% of childhood cancers are linked to genetic mutations. 90% of these cancers are linked ...
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Childhood cancers: which are the most common?
© ShutterstockNeither preventable nor detectable, childhood cancer affects 400,000 children and adolescents aged 0 to 19 every year. It represents ...
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2023 Top Health Award: MSD fights HPV-related cancers
Informing about cancers linked to the papillomavirus is essential. Papillomavirus infection (also called HPV) is indeed very common and affects ...
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Asbestos: the risk of cancers of the larynx and ovaries confirmed by ANSES
© ShutterstockUsed en masse for more than 130 years, asbestos would be responsible for more than 35,000 deaths between 1965 ...
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This inexpensive immunotherapy could facilitate the treatment of autoimmune diseases and cancers
© Shutterstock / joker1991THE Epstein-Barr virus (from the family of herpes viruses), is extremely common, since it is estimated that ...
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Cancers: why are they on the rise in people under 50?
© ShutterstockA "emerging global epidemic" cancer spreading among "young" patients, less than 50 years old ? In recent study published ...
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Unusual, “sniffer” ants could detect certain cancers
© ShutterstockWhat if ants could be at the origin of the diagnoses of certain cancers? A team of French researchers ...
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Three questions about childhood cancers
© Shutterstock / Pixel-ShotEach year, it is estimated that 2,500 children declare cancer in France. Half of them are under ...
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Liver, pancreas, stomach: are digestive cancers better treated?
© Shutterstock / Emily frostHow common are digestive cancers?Professor Pierre Michel: More than 5 million French people are taken care ...
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Abdominal fat predicts certain cancers
© ThinkstockAbdominal fat, a risk factor for metabolic syndrome could predict the risk of cancers, according to the rresults of ...
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Two new cancers recognized as occupational diseases
© istockThe table of occupational diseases is filling up. Pursuant to the decree published on May 5, 2017 at the ...
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Breast and colon cancers: at what stage are they diagnosed?
©GettyThe first conclusions show that 60% of breast cancers, 44% of colon cancers and 47% of rectal cancers are diagnosed ...
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Right to be forgotten: an achievement for five cancers and hepatitis C
© istockBreast cancer, melanoma, testicular cancer, uterine cancer, thyroid cancer and hepatitis C. People cured of one of these five ...
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Google is developing a pill to detect heart attacks and cancers
© istockFive years from now we will be able to be warned of a disease without even going to the ...
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Female cancers: all the advances
© iStockPhotosbreast cancer remains the most common in women: it alone accounts for almost a third of the cancers that ...
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USA: overweight involved in 40% of cancers
© Thinkstockoverweight andobesity are associated with an increased risk of 13 types of cancer. These cancers account for about 40% ...
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Childhood cancers up 13%
© iStockPhotosA report from the World Health Organization (WHO) indicates that the frequency childhood cancers has increased by 13% over ...
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Movember: mustaches against male cancers
© FotoliaAfter Pink October, up to Movember ! November is the time to grow a mustache. Since 2003, the Movember ...
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Parliament adopts a law for better management of childhood cancers
© GettyImagesOn Thursday 21 February, Parliament adopted the modem bill aimed at providing more care for childhood cancers. The details ...
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Cancers: 17% more cases
According to figures presented on the occasion of the first Global Forum of the Noncommunicable Disease Network (NCDnet) communicated by ...
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Hereditary cancers: disappearance of medical confidentiality
© iStockPhotoThis is a new advance in the prevention of the risks of hereditary cancers. From now on, people who ...
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Cancers due to papillomavirus: to eradicate the disease, boys must be vaccinated
© Getty Imagesthe Cervical cancer (CCU) remains the 4th leading cause of cancer and death in the world. In France, ...
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Cancers: hallucinogens reduce anxiety in patients
A single dose of hallucinogen extracted from psychedelic mushrooms would be effective in combating the stress and the anxieties of ...
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Covid-19: a million cancers could not be diagnosed
© ShutterstockThe European Cancer Organization has just launched its "Data Navigator", a new interactive visualization tool providing access to data ...
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