Tehran 02 January_A computer program can identify breast cancer from routine scans with greater accuracy than human experts, researchers say in what they hope could prove a breakthrough in the fight against the global killer.
TEHRAN, Nov 26_ A Palestinian prisoner, who was suffering from cancer , has died in Israeli custody, in what the Palestinian Authority has slammed as yet another “clinical killing” by the regime amid reports that he was denied adequate medical care.
TEHRAN, Nov 7_An infectious cancer has spread from mussels living along the coast of British Columbia to related mussel species in Europe and South America.
TEHRAN, oct 11_Early treatment with an immune-boosting therapy might improve the outlook of young children with an advanced form of cancer , a new small study suggests.
TEHRAN, oct 3_Deaths from breast cancer are still declining in the United States, even as more women are being diagnosed with the disease, a new report shows.
TEHRAN, Sept 04 -Heart disease still claims the lives of more people globally, but in more affluent nations it has now ceded its place as the leading killer to cancer , a major new report finds.
TEHRAN, August 18 -Researchers found that just 22 percent of study participants were black and 44 percent were Hispanic in an analysis of studies conducted between 2008 and 2018.
TEHRAN, August 17 -The patient cancer s in Iran are losing their lives as a result of US economic sanctions against the Islamic Republic, an Iranian pharmacology professor says.
TEHRAN, August 15 -Since the turn of the century, American obesity rates have skyrocketed. And now a new study indicates that as the nation's waistlines expand, cancer s long linked to obesity are striking the middle-aged more than ever before.
TEHRAN, August 15 -New therapies are showing real promise in fighting the type of brain cancer that claimed the lives of Sens. John McCain and Ted Kennedy, a pair of new clinical trials shows.
TEHRAN, August 7 -There's nothing to be gained by screening for pancreatic cancer in people with no signs or symptoms of the lethal tumor, according to an influential U.S. panel of experts.
TEHRAN, August 6 -Many men with prostate cancer rely on common testosterone-blocking drugs as a part of their treatment. But those so-called antiandrogens also might put them at risk for a deadly heart condition, according to new research.
TEHRAN, Aug 03 - In a study with mice, researchers found that lowering insulin levels appears to prevent the start of pancreatic cancer , suggesting a new method of treatment for humans.
TEHRAN, Jul 28 -Allergan's textured breast implants will be recalled due to their link to a rare cancer , the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday.
TEHRAN, Jul 18 -When a hurricane strikes, as tropical storm Barry did this weekend in Louisiana, most people worry about the immediate health dangers such a storm poses.