Dominique Maraninchi should leave the head of the Medicines Agency
The director general of the Medicines Safety Agency, Dominique Maraninchi, should leave his post, according to information from the MPA. ...
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Colorectal cancer: detected early, it is cured in 9 out of 10 cases
As the month of mobilization against colorectal cancer begins, the health authorities recall the seriousness of this disease and especially ...
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Cancers: a diuretic to improve chemotherapy
A diuretic, spironolactone, is thought to improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy. It would block the natural repair mechanisms of the ...
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Cancer: the French figures that give hope
The number of cancer patients has increased considerably in France since 1980, reveals INCa. But this increase is only a ...
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4000 volunteers to find out what the French eat
What do the French eat? To find out, the Food Safety Agency is launching the 3rd national study of food ...
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Cervical cancer: a campaign to relaunch screening
INCa is launching a new campaign to make women aware of the value of screening and vaccination against cervical cancer.Beat ...
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Breast prostheses: the first cancer associated with a medical device
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma linked to breast implants is the first cancer associated with a medical device. In France, 18 ...
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Cancer plan: only 60% of the goal has been reached
A few months before the end of the cancer plan, a report from the DGS and the Inca stresses that ...
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Cancer plan: France still lacks MRI
With 30.5 days as the average waiting time to urgently obtain an appointment for an MRI, the results of the ...
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Passive exposure to benzene increases the risk of lymphoma
An American study shows that living near factories that release benzene increases the risk of developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma.Living near industries ...
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Breast cancer: the Angelina Jolie effect continues
The media coverage of the double mastectomy undergone by Angelina Jolie in breast cancer prevention has marked memories. In the ...
Read moreBreast cancer: the Angelina Jolie effect encourages screening
The "peoplisation" of health is good. Since Angelina Jolie revealed her double mastectomy for breast cancer prevention, the number of ...
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Breast cancer: Marisol Touraine urges women at risk to be screened
For the 21st year, the month of October is placed under the sign of mobilization against breast cancer. Marisol Touraine ...
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Cancer: the prognosis improves for the breast and stomach
The number of new cancer cases has greatly increased in 30 years for each sex. But, cancer of the stomach ...
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Chemotherapy: 2 million hospitalizations in 2011
The number of people treated with chemotherapy is increasing faster than the number of new cancer cases. In 2011, more ...
Read moreProstate cancer: treatment times vary
In its investigation, the Inca reveals that strong regional disparities exist in the time taken to cover colon and prostate ...
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Hereditary cancers: doctors will be able to warn those around them
A third of people at risk of developing hereditary cancer have genetic tests. Often, they are unaware that a loved ...
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Cancer: the hope of targeted therapies
Each cancerous tumor has its own genetic profile. This is why the discovery of new, more targeted therapies appears essential ...
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Cancer: 75% of people at risk do not have genetic tests
Genetic tests to identify people at risk of developing breast or colorectal cancer are underused. A French study reveals that ...
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Cervical cancer: generalizing screening to reduce mortality
An experiment in 13 departments has increased screening for cervical cancer by more than 13%. Results which plead in favor ...
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Cancer and fertility: ill-informed patients
For people at risk of becoming infertile through disease or treatment, information on the risks and methods of fertility preservation ...
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58% of cancers are cured
The study conducted by INCa and Invs shows that more than one in two cancer is treated. However, in this ...
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Melanoma screening: INCa points out the flaws
For the Cancer Institute, the involvement of general practitioners would improve the early diagnosis of melanoma. Skin examination would be ...
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Miss wants a double mastectomy to stay alive
Carrier of a BRCA1 gene mutation, Allyn Rose is at increased risk of developing breast cancer. Like many American women, ...
Read moreCervical cancer: 2 in 5 women do not have regular smears
A smear every three years in people over 25 and HPV vaccination from 11 years old, these are the two ...
Read moreEver more inequalities in the face of cancer
The National Cancer Institute (INCa) makes a damning finding. In the face of cancer, social inequalities are worsening. Agnès Buzin, ...
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The benefit of organized breast cancer screening demonstrated
Organized screening reduces female mortality by 20%, but induces an overdiagnosis of 11%, according to a summary of international studies ...
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Three million women had a mammogram in 2012
The rate of participation in breast cancer screening is rather encouraging. Two thirds of women aged 50 to 74 have ...
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Like Angelina Jolie: 5% of French women at risk have a mastectomy
In France, women carrying a gene predisposing to breast cancer, such as Angelina Jolie, are a minority to have a ...
Read moreCity-hospital coordination against cancer
The cancer plan 2 provides for the creation of nursing coordination positions to improve the management of "after cancer", an ...
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