Tag: Cancer
Oncoclic: an application that facilitates access to clinical trials against cancer
News Published 10 hours ago, Reading 1 min. Two French oncologists are launching Oncoclic, an application that allows doctors to redirect their patients to a clinical trial anywhere in France.…
Lung cancer: first screening experiment in smokers
News Posted on 02/01/2022 at 7:10 p.m., Reading 2 mins. For the High Authority for Health, the establishment of a small-scale experiment in screening for lung cancer in smokers is…
Lung cancer screening in France: soon to be generalized?
On February 1, 2022, HAS declared itself in favor of a pilot program aimed at documenting the prerequisites for the implementation of organized screening for lung cancer in France. 8…
The numbers reveal the unsettling truth! "Corona will increase deaths from cancer"
The coronavirus, an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has been affecting the world for 2 years. Covid-19, which caused people’s lifestyles to change, also caused many vital issues…
Nitrites: the ban adopted at the Assembly, health hazards, cancer
Present in ham and charcuterie in general, nitrites (sodium or potassium) are additives that can promote the occurrence of cancer. A bill aimed at banning them was adopted by the…
Mental burden and cancer: what impact on women?
In France, the number of female cancers increases by 5% per year. Mental burden, precariousness, return to work, couple and intimate life, household management… The social impact of the disease…
Cancer treatments: side effects that degrade patients’ lives
Skin reactions occur during cancer treatment. A situation far from trivial since almost all patients, undergoing treatment or in remission, see their quality of life degraded by these side effects…
Cancer: the right to be forgotten and the removal of the medical questionnaire definitively adopted
News Posted 1 day ago, Reading 2 mins. The time limit for the banking right to be forgotten for former cancer patients has been reduced from 10 to 5 years.…
A treatment that slows the development of ovarian cancer
Ovarian cancer is not the most common but is often detected late after years of silent development. Surgery is the first treatment for these cancers, but when it is not…
Cancer treatment by immunotherapy: these vessels carry killer lymphocytes to tumors
In the treatment of cancer by immunotherapy, researchers have studied how killer lymphocytes gain access to tumors to destroy them. Certain blood vessels have been identified as serving exclusively to…