Childhood cancer
THE survival of a child who has been diagnosed with cancer depends to a great extent on what kind of health facilities and treatments are available in the country they…
THE survival of a child who has been diagnosed with cancer depends to a great extent on what kind of health facilities and treatments are available in the country they…
FIRST, the bad news: not only are more and more people getting cancer, the average age of those developing cancer is also getting lower. That latter fact has been quantified…
Today, on World Cancer Day we recognize the global struggle against cancer, a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. The known burden of cancer in Pakistan is enormous with…
Ush, a cosmetologist, was lounging in the recliner at her St. Louis-area home last winter when an advertisement from a law firm flashed up on her television screen, urging viewers…
Researchers at Europe’s science lab CERN, who regularly use particle physics to challenge our understanding of the universe, are also applying their craft to upend the limits to cancer treatment.…
ACCORDING to the GLOBOCAN cancer statistics for 2020 released by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, 5,008 Pakistani women were diagnosed with cervical cancer, while 3,197 succumbed to the…
Eating less red meat is standard medical advice for preventing colorectal cancer, but the way it causes cells to mutate has remained unclear, and not all experts were convinced there…
Eleven leading universities of twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad held a joint consultative meeting on Saturday at Rawalpindi Medical University to formulate a joint strategy against breast cancer. The…
Accusation is evidence, trial is by ordeal, and the sentence is always death. This is how it went with Mashal Khan and this is how it has been with the…
Breast cancer, once thought to be the disease of affluent and developed world, is equally prevalent in the developing world. Its incidence is increasing at an alarming rate in the…