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Cancer in Europe: New Report, Recent Efforts Take Continent-wide Perspective
Patterns of cancer incidence and mortality across Europe are as varied as the continent’s geography. But a new report finds that, in general, obesity and tobacco use are driving cancer incidence, mortality, and survival across Europe: Overall cancer incidence has … Continue reading
Prevention, Survivorship Highlighted in England’s Cancer Plan Update
Cancer prevention and survivorship feature prominently in England’s latest update to its national cancer plan. The update—called the cancer reform strategy—comes with £370 million (US$740 million) in new funding, though critics say that’s not nearly enough to make effective changes. … Continue reading
Recent Conference Addresses Research Integrity on Global Scale
The name Jon Sudbø is one that many in the cancer community will not soon forget. In early 2006, Sudbø admitted to fabricating patient data used in a study of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and oral cancer risk published in The … Continue reading
Cancer in Africa: Health Experts Aim To Curb Potential Epidemic
It seems like cancer should be the least of the health worries in most of the countries on the African continent, where communicable diseases are the leading cause of death and the life expectancy in more than half of the … Continue reading
Deciphering Immunology’s Dirty Secret
Before Bali Pulendran started his first major protocol at the Emory Vaccine Center in Atlanta, he wanted to meet his subjects. So, in the fall of 2004 he and postdoc Marcin Kwissa drove the 25 miles to Lawrenceville, Georgia, and … Continue reading
Eat Your Way to Better DNA
Published in The Scientist, September 2006: Jose M. Ordovas has been studying the role of lipoproteins in heart disease for decades. His laboratory and others have tried to tease out how these proteins factor into why some people can eat … Continue reading