GENEVA – Tobacco control that focuses on cigarette smokers in Cambodia misses a huge number of women who chew tobacco, according to research published today in the international public health journal, the Bulletin of the World Health Organization.
Read more

ISTANBUL, Turkey – Only 5.4% of the world's population was covered by comprehensive smoke-free laws in 2008, up from 3.1% in 2007, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported today in its second report on the global tobacco epidemic.
Read more

Preliminary results from a study conducted in Johannesburg show that women with HIV have a higher risk of developing cervical cancer than women who are HIV-negative.
Read more

The United States Preventive Services Task Force has revised the breast screening guidelines, recommending mammograms for women 50 to 74, every other year. It says women and their doctors should discuss the benefits and risks of mammograms beginning at age 40, but that is no longer recommended.
Read more

DAR ES SALAAM - People living with cancer are dying on the African continent in terrible pain as they present too late with advanced cancers that are mostly incurable by the time they reach a health worker and if they do reach help most of them find that effective pain medication not available.
Read more

Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in South Africa. Many women are unaware that a simple screening test can detect cervical abnormalities early, which could save a life.
Read more

DAR-ES-SALAAM - Taxation is the most powerful weapon governments have at their disposal to control tobacco consumption and ultimately decrease deaths, Dr Yussuf Saloojee of the National Council Against Smoking told the African Organisation for Research & Training in Cancer (AORTIC) conference.
Read more

In South Africa, cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women. It kills about 3 400 women every year. The good news is that cervical cancer is preventable and curable if detected early.
Read more

DAR-ES-SALAAM – While several African countries are making progress in implementing smokefree laws, nearly 90 percent of people on the continent remain without meaningful protection from secondhand smoke.
Read more

The cancer burden is rising rapidly in Africa with around 650 000 people developing the disease annually while treatment remains largely unavailable or inaccessible. Next week stakeholders will gather in Tanzania under the banner of the African Organisation for Research & Training in Cancer (AORTIC) to find ways to curb the more than 500 000 cancer deaths annually.
Read more

Pat McKenny never considered having a pap smear, in fact the thought of cervical cancer simply never crossed the mother of three’s mind.
Read more

People with albinism are advised to protect themselves from the sun as they are at most risk of developing skin cancer.
Read more

By next year cancer is set to be the biggest killer in the world, killing more people than HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria combined. Dr John Seffrin is Chief Executive Officer of the American Cancer Society (ACS), the world’s largest voluntary health organisation fighting cancer. In an interview with Health-e News Service he spoke about the challenges facing Africa.
Read more

One in 27 women is diagnosed with breast cancer every year in South Africa. Women are advised to follow a simple precautionary procedure in order to detect the cancerous growth early.
Read more

The Tobacco Atlas is viewed as a critical weapon against tobacco. Along with detailed tobacco statistics on nearly every country around the globe, the publication offers in-depth information on the prevalence of tobacco and health, the costs of tobacco, the tobacco trade throughout the world, how tobacco is promoted and marketed, and the tobacco control efforts already under way.
Read more

Over 8 000 gynaecologists and obstetricians recently met in Cape Town where Professor Joanna Cain, a passionate voice on women cancers spoke of the world facing an historic opportunity to control and one day eliminate cervical cancer, one of the biggest killers of poor women.
Read more

Accessing useful and reliable information on their condition is often one of the biggest obstacles facing people diagnosed with a life threatening illness such as cancer. The launch of a cancer call centre in Gauteng province is aiming to offer the support, information, advice and advocacy that is often lacking.
Read more

Over 4000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year in South Africa and more than half of them die. According to the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) these numbers could be reduced if more men were screened.
Read more

LUSAKA: (PlusNews) - The HIV/AIDS epidemic may have contributed to the high incidence of cervical cancer in Zambia, where the number of cases is the second highest in sub-Saharan Africa, and HIV prevalence is one of the highest in the world.
Read more

DUBLIN – Despite efforts to contain the use of tobacco, consumption is increasing as the world population grows, placing further strain on already overburdened health systems in developing countries.
Read more

DUBLIN – Africa will be hardest hit by cancer – projected to be the biggest killer in the world by 2010 – with a massive treatment gap leading to people dying painful and undignified deaths of cancers that are preventable, treatable and curable.
Read more

DUBLIN - A tall, vivacious South African redhead drew one of the biggest cheers at the opening session of the LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit which officially kicked off in the Irish capital yesterday (SUBS MONDAY).
Read more

African first ladies have vowed to raise awareness on cervical cancer, one of the leading causes of death among women on the continent.
Read more

The World Health Organisation has called for governments to require all tobacco packets to have pictures showing the dangers of tobacco use.
Read more

A study conducted in the United States shows that high doses of Vitamin D supplementation could reduce the skin cancer risk in older, post-menopausal women by almost 80 percent. However, a local cancer expert has warned that the study published the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition could only be significant locally if a similar study was conducted in South Africa
Read more