Movember: a month to talk about male cancers
© iStockUntil the end of the month, become a Mo Bros or a Mo Sistas to educate the men around ...
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In Corsica, tobacco costs less … and cancers are more numerous
© ThinkstockIt was the Court of Auditors which sounded the alarm: in a (sensitive) report published this Monday, September 5, ...
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4 out of 10 cancers could be prevented
Prevent the 40% of cancers that are preventable: this is the objective of the new information campaign launched today by ...
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The papillomavirus risk factor for anogenital cancers in women
© FotoliaWhy a Cancer does it develop? In the case of Cervical cancer, the papillomavirushuman (HPV) is often involved. But ...
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Asthma and eczema could have a protective effect against certain cancers
August 2, 2010 - Men who have had eczema in the past are less likely to develop lung cancer. And ...
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Pesticides: farmers suffer from different cancers depending on their activity
Farmers risk different types of cancer depending on their sector of activity according to the results presented Tuesday from the ...
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Blood cancers: they can be diagnosed faster
Two groups of American researchers have unwittingly reached the same discovery: some people have a marker in their blood that ...
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500,000 cancers per year linked to overweight
Half a million new cancers diagnosed each year around the world are believed to be due to overweight or obesity. ...
Read moreThe sun would protect against certain cancers
September 19, 2006 - While it increases the risk of skin cancer, prolonged exposure to the sun may reduce the ...
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Smoking increases the risk of suffering from two successive cancers
In France, tobacco is the leading cause of cancer and is responsible for 90% of lung cancer and 73,000 premature ...
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Childhood cancers: 1,700 new cases per year
The National Cancer Institute (Inca) relied on two national pediatric registers (the National Register of Malignant Hematologic Diseases in Children ...
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Colon cancer: 35,000 cancers discovered thanks to colonoscopy
Like many other cancers, colon cancer is an insidious disease that progresses without warning symptoms. More common from the age ...
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Oral cavity cancers: 60% increase linked to oral sex
© iStockActor Michael Douglas is not the only one to have suffered the consequences of papillomavirus, responsible for nearly a ...
Read moreLiver and pancreatic cancers: a link with diabetes
November 29, 2004 - Quebec researchers argue that men with diabetes are three times more likely to develop liver cancer ...
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Cancers: a blood test to detect them
© iStockProfessor Yvon Cayre, professor of hematology at the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris, has developed a medical ...
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The cervical cancer test could also detect other cancers.
The researchers of this work, including in particular Dr. Luis Diaz, assistant professor of cancerology at Johns Hopkins University, point ...
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Female cancers: do you know the symptoms?
"Gynecological cancers" are the forms of cancer that affect part of the reproductive organs (the ovaries , the neck, uterus, ...
Read moreThe polio vaccine contaminated with the SV40 virus in the 1950s and 1960s could cause certain cancers
August 20, 2001 - Last April, more than 60 scientists gathered in Chicago challenged their common enemy: a monkey virus ...
Read moreOverweight and obesity, risk factors for certain cancers
February 28, 2001 - According to a meta-analysis of epidemiological studies that have investigated the relationship between overweight and cancer ...
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Cancers: detect them by breath
Researchers have demonstrated breath tests using nanosensors capable of detecting emissions of volatile organic compounds caused by certain cancers. These ...
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