Tobacco companies declare: smoking causes cancer
Tobacco giants Philip Morris and British American Tobacco both stated explicitly yesterday that nicotine is addictive and that smoking causes a variety of diseases. SUE VALENTINE reports.
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Tobacco burden expected to escalate in Africa
Africa is a major target for tobacco industry sales and marketing, warned the American Cancer Society (ACS) and World Lung Foundation at the launch of French version of latest Tobacco Atlas.
in Dakar Senegal recently.
Time for renewed focus on cancer
HIV/AIDS and other communicable diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria have dominated the headlines and received much of the world attention for several years - And rightly so.
Thyroid cancer: #CheckYourNeck warns dad-of-three
A father of three, battling thyroid cancer, has highlighted the importance of taking action early and visiting a doctor regularly to check for any abnormalities.
There is hope for leukaemia patients ‘€“ says survivor
Leukaemia, a blood cancer once considered deadly, can now be treated and managed well but, like any other cancer, it requires intensive treatment early enough, coupled with a good support structure. A survivor, Zuki Mokwebo, shares her story.
The role alcohol plays in new cancer cases – landmark new report
Physical inactivity and obesity, often associated with heavy drinking, also separately increase cancer risks but on top of alcohol makes this much worse.
The long road to childhood cancer treatment
Thousands of children develop cancer in South Africa every year, but scarce facilities and delayed diagnosis mean the odds are stacked against many.
The Lancet calls for tobacco control
The latest edition of The Lancet journal has an editorial calling for tobacco control in developing countries to be stepped up in an effort to impact on the cancer incidence.
The growing concern of early-onset cancers and what you can do
In my practice, we have experienced a 30% increase in the number of patients under the age of 40 who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.
The failure of cancer medicine?
The Lancet: Feb 4 was World Cancer Day, an opportunity to critically consider progress against cancer. Is it fair to say that the cancer medical community has failed patients living with cancer? This is a harsh statement, but according to respected oncologist, Franco Cavalli, whose Comment leads a discussion about cancer in today's Lancet: "Current strategies to control cancer are demonstrably not working."
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The Eastern Cape cancer mystery
Many Eastern Cape children infected with HIV at birth are developing AIDS-defining cancers as they reach adulthood, but HIV is unlikely to be the only driver of the what haematologists suspect is an inexplicably high concentration of blood cancers in the province.
The challenges parents face when looking after their children with cancer
Other than seeing their children in pain and tears, parents caring for children who have cancer go through financial and psychological problems. They also adjust their lives to spend more time in hospitals.
The bald face of cancer
Men who go bald from the front are more likely to get prostate cancer, according to new research.