Thierry Breton: “INCa will launch a pilot program to set up organized screening for lung cancer”
During the first edition of the European meetings organized by the National Cancer Institute (INCa), we spoke with its director ...
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Cancers: the new survival figures in France
The French are recovering more and more from cancer, even if the disparities are strong between the ages and the ...
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Tobacco: the Inca, Jamy Gourmaud and Marine Lorphelin campaign for a total cessation
Even if you are young, a great sportsman or an occasional smoker, consuming tobacco is detrimental to your health and ...
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Cancers: research at the heart of the new ten-year strategy
The President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron unveiled the new ten-year strategy for the fight against cancer (2021-2030). Professor Norbert ...
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Childhood cancer: mortality continues to decline
The number of new cases of pediatric cancer is stable, but therapeutic advances save more children. Cancer kills fewer and ...
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Docetaxel: a suspension as a precaution
The investigation carried out after the death of 47 patients treated with docetaxel concludes that the quality of the drugs ...
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Colorectal cancer: a “routine check” to avoid it
VIDEO - On the occasion of Blue Mars, the National Cancer Institute wants to raise awareness about the dangerousness of ...
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Colorectal cancer: screen to avoid complications
In its new campaign, INCa reiterates the value of screening for colorectal cancer. Detecting it early indeed increases the chances ...
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Colorectal cancer: INCa wants to reduce the number of cases
On March 1, the National Cancer Institute will launch a new information campaign aimed at the general public and healthcare ...
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Death at Nantes University Hospital: Marisol Touraine requests suspension of the protocol
Following the death of 3 lymphoma patients at the Nantes University Hospital, Marisol Touraine requests the suspension of intensive chemotherapy ...
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Colorectal cancer: screening can cure 9 out of 10 cases
INCa is launching a new information campaign for the general public and healthcare professionals to encourage screening for colorectal cancer. ...
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Cancers: the boom in targeted therapies
Precision medicine is progressing in France. Since 2000, 43 anti-cancer molecules have been put on the market. They have yet ...
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Pr Norbert Ifrah approached as president of INCa
To replace Agnès Buzyn at the head of INCa, the board of the agency has just given a unanimous favorable ...
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Cancer: a site indicates the screening to be done according to his age
The National Cancer Institute (INCa) has set up a site dedicated to screening. In two clicks, Internet users can find ...
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Cancers in France: one in three deaths attributable to tobacco
In 2014, nearly 150,000 people died of cancer in France. Some of these deaths are linked to tobacco and alcohol, ...
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Cancer: more and more children are entering clinical trials
Cancer mortality is decreasing in mainland France, as is the number of new cases. And nearly 2,500 children were able ...
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Agnès Buzyn: a doctor who listens to patients to lead the HAS
François Hollande has appointed Professor Agnès Buzyn to head the High Authority for Health. This body draws up recommendations for ...
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Genetic cancers: more consultations but a longer wait
The number of consultations to diagnose genetic mutations that cause cancer is increasing, but waiting times are getting longer.Genetic predispositions ...
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Cancer incidence increases in women
A report estimates the number of new cancer cases in mainland France at 385,000 for 2015. With an increase in ...
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Right to be forgotten: patient associations are disappointed
The right to be forgotten for former cancer patients has been confirmed, announces INCa. The associations are disappointed, because it ...
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Cancers: know your risk factors in 3 minutes
The National Cancer Institute is launching an online test this Tuesday to assess, in 3 minutes, the risk factors for ...
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Cancer: the long road to the right to be forgotten
François Hollande plans to legislate to grant a right to be forgotten to patients who recover from cancer. The aim ...
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Infographics. The evolution of cancers in France
The incidence and mortality remain high, but treatment is progressing. And cancer leaves scars more than two years after diagnosis.Better ...
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The post-cancer period often badly experienced by patients
Being in remission from your cancer does not mean that all problems are solved. Study shows cancer survivors still complain ...
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Colorectal cancer: organized screening is threatened
Stocks of the Hemoccult colorectal cancer screening test are running out, and its successor is still not available. The League ...
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Pink October: the opportunity to participate in the organized screening
Organized screening for breast cancer, carried out every two years, is not very popular. However, it has proven itself: more ...
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Tobacco control plan: one in three French people continue to smoke
For 10 years, the French Observatory for Drugs and Drug Addiction has explained that the fight against tobacco has not ...
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Public health: tobacco manufacturers impose their law
The National Committee Against Smoking (CNCT) reveals the results of a study on the influence exerted by the tobacco industry ...
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Breast implants: the ANSM reviews the risks
First mixed results for breast implants since the PIP scandal. The manufacturers are compliant, but the ANSM reports an abnormal ...
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Breast cancer: GPs at the heart of the screening reform
INTERVIEW - Organized breast cancer screening will evolve. Marisol Touraine wants to reinforce the message and place general practitioners at ...
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