Search Tag: lung cancer
2024 09 Dec
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2024 26 Mar
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2023 10 May
LUNGevity Foundation, the nation’s leading lung cancer-focused nonprofit organization, is pleased to welcome Leah Fine, MBA, as the vice president of its soon-to-be-launched Early Lung Cancer Center. LUNGevity takes a holistic approach to accelerate early detection and early disease management through research, public policy, health equity, and lung...Read more
2019 03 Jun
On Thursday April 18, The Value-Based Health Care Prize was awarded to Good Life with Osteoarthritis in Denmark (GLA:D®) . Besides the prize, four excellence awards and the inspirational award were awarded to five inspiring initiatives. This year, a total of thirteen initiatives were nominated by the international expert jury to compete for...Read more
2017 29 Jun
ESMO, the leading European professional organisation for medical oncology announced today that the President for 2020-2021 is Professor Solange Peters, MD, PhD, head of the Medical Oncology Service, Chair of Thoracic Oncology, Oncology Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland. “I would like to sincerely thank all...Read more
2015 23 Mar
With multiple lung cancer screening trials happening around the world, there is growing concern about the high number of early repeat scans for findings which turn out to be non-cancerous. Results from a European trail of lung cancer screening reveals that recall rates fall after the first annual screening, and highlights the importance of having a...Read more
2015 08 Jan
According to a report published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, there is a possibility of increased risk of cardiovascular disease and lung cancer in nurses working rotating night shifts. Night shift work has previously been associated with higher risk for cardiovascular disease and cancer. According to the WHO, night shift work...Read more
2014 04 Feb
Cancer Myths: Why it’s Crucial to Debunk Them With one third of all cancer cases being potentially preventable, it’s very important to know the signs and symptoms of cancer 4th February 2014 is World Cancer Day, an opportunity for the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) to raise one voice in improving general knowledge surrounding...Read more
2013 24 Oct
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the dedicated cancer agency of the World Health Organisation, has in a recent statement classified outdoor air pollution as carcinogenic to humans. The IARC Monographs Programme gathered the world’s foremost experts in order to review the latest 1000 scientific papers...Read more