Oct 21, 2024 · Scientists working to improve the treatment and diagnosis of cancer are beginning to use AI, DNA sequencing and precision oncology among other techniques. A new trial giving cervical cancer patients a short course of chemotherapy before starting the standard treatment has cut the risk of death by 40%.

Apr 30, 2019 · The Economist Intelligence Unit’s new Index of Cancer Preparedness investigated the state of readiness in 28 countries for what it terms “the global epidemic of cancer”. Although high-income countries have the most cases of cancer, it warns that low- and middle-income nations will see the fastest spread of the disease.

Jan 8, 2023 · Every cancer detected earlier is a chance to save a life. There is nothing more important. This year we saw reassuring policy progress on screening with key updates to national cancer plans across the globe that further prioritise prevention and early detection, specifically in lung cancer – one of the deadliest forms of cancer.

Feb 3, 2022 · Science matters. The global cancer burden is rising, especially in LMIC. The facts are evident, now we need to prepare for the future. To fight cancer, we need to detect and treat it as early and precisely as possible. Innovations such as low-dose CT enabled national lung cancer screening programmes can help reduce mortality rates.

Jan 19, 2016 · How can we tackle the world’s biggest killer – cancer? This is the mission of US Vice-President, Joe Biden, who has called for a “moonshot” to find a cure for the disease. World Economic Forum Annual Meeting

Nov 20, 2015 · By the end of this year, cancer will kill nearly 600,000 Americans and millions more around the world. Kris Wood, Ph.D., spoke about the challenges of combating cancer drug resistance at the Basic Science Day on Nov. 16. The annual event brought together faculty, staff, trainees, and students to celebrate basic science research and to encourage ...

Jan 7, 2025 · Advanced technologies are changing our lives — and they can help us beat plastic pollution Jan 7, 2025 Advanced technology has the capacity to help us solve plastic pollution — but the right investments and policy environments are required.

Jan 7, 2025 · The year 2025 unfolds amid ongoing transformations in global labour markets. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, rising cost of living, geopolitical conflicts, the climate emergency and economic downturns have added further turbulence …

Oct 14, 2024 · In 2019, a study of almost 7 million people in Denmark found that women were diagnosed when they were four years older than men - for hundreds of different health conditions. Diagnoses for diabetes came four and a half years later, while cancer was diagnosed in women when they were an average two and a half years older.

Jan 25, 2023 · Artificial light messes with our circadian rhythm, the instinctual beat humans follow to know when to wake up, go to sleep and carry out other natural processes. Wilson notes that “many studies have proven that exposure to artificial light leads to increased rates of cancer — like breast cancer and prostate cancer — as well as increased ...