Cervix cancer affects more than 10,000 women and families each year in the United States and hundreds of thousands worldwide. An estimated 3700 US women lost their lives to this potentially preventable disease in 2005. This cancer disproportionately affects women during their childbearing years, resulting in childless couples or leaving behind motherless children. Poor and underserved minority women (more…)

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) was established in 1965 by the World Health Assembly, as an independently financed organization within the framework of the World Health Organization. The headquarters of the Agency are in Lyon, France. The Agency conducts a programme of research concentrating particularly on the epidemiology of cancer and the study of potential carcinogens (more…)

N ew and effective approaches now make it possible to reduce the burden of cervical cancer in developing countries, where the disease takes its heaviest toll. This preventable disease results from abnormal cell changes on the cervix (the opening of the womb) and kills more than one- quarter of a million women every year worldwide. The cancer is most likely to develop in women ages 35 and older—women (more…)

Women who are considering being screened for precancerous cervical lesions often have many questions about the procedure. Most women will be comfortable seeking screening services if they feel informed about why they should be screened, what to expect during the exam, and what the screening results mean. Enabling women to understand these issues also is critical to ensuring that their choice to be screened is fully informed. (more…)

exam study, under the perspective of the clients of four Health Centers of the ‘Distrito Sanitário Oeste’ (DISAO), in Belo Horizonte- MG Patrícia Maria Fonseca Escalda-SMSA-PBH Ana Paula Franco Viegas Pereira-CEDEPLAR Maria do Carmo Fonseca-CEDEPLAR Roberto do Nascimento Rodrigues-CEDEPLAR Women who belong to the cervix uteri cancer risk group (ages between 35 and 49) do not participate, (more…)

Brain cancer is one of the most prevalent childhood cancers in the United States and Canada, second only to leukemia [1, 2]. The overall incidence of childhood brain tumors, the most common solid tumor in children, rose from 2.3 cases per 100,000 in 1975 to 3.0 cases per 100,000 in 1998 in the United States [1]. Similar rates were also seen in Canada [2]. One concern is that the elevated risk over the past two (more…)

Hidalgo County Cancer Deaths Cancer was the second leading cause of death in Hidalgo County in 2005.1 An estimated one in three women and one in two men will develop cancer sometime during their lifetime. Many cancers may be preventable, especially those related to tobacco, overweight/obesity and inadequate physical activity. Screening exams can detect cancer at its earliest, most treatable, (more…)

Incidence and Mortality in 2006 There were 464 new cases of ? brain cancer in 2006 (249 male, 215 female). There were 319 deaths from ? brain cancer in 2006 (192 male, 127 female). Brain cancer is the 16 ? th most common cancer and the 14th most common cause of cancer death in NSW. One in 114 males and one in 140 ? females will develop brain cancer by the age of 85. Trends From 1997 to 2006, overall (more…)

Each year more than 1,300 people in Australia are diagnosed withaprimaryor secondary brain tumour. ^ Brain cancer is th eresultofabnorm al cells which grow uncontrollably, invading and destroying the normal brain. Compared with many other types of cancer the cure rate for brain cancer is c ons iderablylower. There are over 120 different types of brain tumours making effective treat mentextremely complicated (more…)

CANCER treatment “breakthroughs” have generated significant media coverage for several decades. Fuelling the fervent community desire for a “magical” cure for cancer, media articles have incessantly spoken of numerous impending discoveries in cancer treatment. Yet, sadly, no significant cure has materialized. Meanwhile, the incidence of cancer in Australia has steadily increased by 36% between 1990 and 2000 (1). (more…)