The latest cancer news and updates from around the world.
Jan 21, 2018-The Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC) has launched the population-based cancer registry (PBCR) in a bid to collect data of cancer patients across the country. While such registry has already been in use in seven hospitals, including Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital, Bhaktapur and BP...
"CDC researchers said the risk of 13 cancers is increased by being overweight or obese, including cancer of the thyroid, gallbladder, liver, kidney, colon and pancreas. Being overweight also increases the risk of a blood cancer called myeloma, a spinal cancer called meningioma, a type of esophage...
Soil contamination occurs in most countries with a lot of farmland, heavy industry and mining. In Ukraine, for example, which has all three, about 8% of the land is contaminated. A chemical dump in upstate New York called Love Canal resulted in the poisoning of many residents and the creation...
Soft tissue sarcoma is a cancer that starts in soft tissues of the body, including muscle, tendons, fat, lymph vessels, blood vessels, nerves, and tissue around joints. The tumors can be found anywhere in the body but often form in the arms, legs, chest, or abdomen. Signs of soft tissue sa...
The wall of the stomach is made up of 3 layers of tissue: the mucosal (innermost) layer, the muscularis (middle) layer, and the serosal (outermost) layer. Gastric cancer begins in the cells lining the mucosal layer and spreads through the outer layers as it grows. Stromal tumors of th...
The lymphatic system is part of the immune system. The lymphatic system includes lymph vessels that branch into all the tissues of the body; lymph, clear fluid that contains white blood cells, especially lymphocytes such as B cells and T cells; and lymph nodes, where lymph vessels are co...
Cancer that begins in the colon is called colon cancer, and cancer that begins in the rectum is called rectal cancer. Cancer that starts in either of these organs may also be called colorectal cancer. The digestive system is made up of the esophagus, stomach, and the small and large intest...
Esophageal cancer starts at the inside lining of the esophagus and spreads outward through the other layers as it grows. The two most common forms of esophageal cancer are: Squamous cell carcinoma that forms in squamous cells, the thin, flat cells lining the esophagus. This cancer is mo...