Cancer

Vaping may raise cancer risk: study

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Vaping may raise the risk of cancer because it leads to DNA damage, even though…

Cancer blood test finds eight kinds of tumors: study

MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- A new blood test for cancer has shown promise toward detecting eight different kinds of…

Pharmaceutical stirs outrage over price hike for brain tumor drug

by Leila MACOR Agence France-Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- A little known pharmaceutical company in Florida has found itself…

Diabetes, obesity behind 800,000 cancers worldwide: study

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Nearly six percent of new cancers diagnosed worldwide in 2012 -- some 800,000 cases -- were…

Pablo Neruda death probe finds cancer didn’t kill him

by Giovanna Fleitas Agence France-Presse SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) -- International experts announced Friday that Chilean Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda did…

Tennis: Cancer victim gives Kyrgios ‘higher purpose’

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Troubled Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios says he has finally found a purpose in life and…

The handheld device that accurately diagnoses cancer in seconds

TEXAS, United States (Reuters) -- A team of US researchers have developed a way of accurately spotting cancer within seconds,…

Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $417 million in cancer lawsuit

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- A California jury on Monday ordered drugmaker Johnson & Johnson to pay 417 million…

Moroccan scientists develop machine that milks scorpions for cancer research

  Extracting venom from scorpions can be a dangerous task. The poisonous secretion can be fatal to humans but the…

Promising immunotherapy helps adults with leukemia

MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- A cancer treatment that genetically alters immune cells has shown success in 71 percent of…

Ex-senator Jinggoy Estrada seeks 2-day medical furlough

(Eagle News)-- Former senator Jinggoy Estrada has asked the Sandiganbayan for a two-day furlough so he can undergo video colonoscopy…

US would ‘welcome’ ailing Chinese dissident for medical treatment

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - Washington on Tuesday invited cancer-stricken Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo to come to the United States…

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