Shortage of cancer doctors in coming years
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The United States is heading toward  a major shortage of cancer doctors by 2020 as the population  ages and the medical profession struggles to replace retiring  oncologists, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Breast cancer patients are not receiving the best follow-up care because guidelines are lacking, claim experts.
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A vaccine to help patients fend of blood cancers could be a reality in the near future.
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LISBON, Aug 24  (IPS) - There are not enough doctors in Portugalâs public  health system, because too many have left to enter the private  sector. This has forced socialist Prime Minister JosÃ© SÃ³cratesâ  administration to seek rapid and drastic solutions, one of which  is to attract doctors from the developing world.
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TORONTO (CP) - Think it&#39;s hard to find a doctor now? The shortage of physicians in this country is on the verge of getting much worse, a new survey suggests.
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TORONTO (CP) - The association representing Canada's doctors is calling on Ottawa to provide a whopping &#36;1 billion to address the shortage of physicians and develop a strategy to ensure the country has enough health providers to care for patients in the future.
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WINNIPEG -- If Canadians face a shortage of doctors or nurses in a few years&#39; time, it will be the fault of the provinces, not Ottawa, federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh said yesterday.
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Rising rates of cancer diagnosis will increase the strain on European health care systems,  experts warn.
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A shortage of doctors, nurses and midwives around the globe is threatening health initiatives and could have dire political and economic consequences, public health experts said on Friday.
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A doctors group expects a serious shortfall of family physicians in at least five states by 2020.
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NHS fertility treatment for cancer patients must be improved, leading doctors say.
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One in six American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year. It&#39;s a more common disease among men than breast cancer is among women.
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The doctor shortage in Canada is expected to get much worse in the next few years as more physicians retire, and others reduce their work hours to spend more time with their families, says a new survey.
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A critical global shortage of health workers is getting worse, prompting a &quot;fatal migration&quot; of desperately needed doctors and nurses from poor countries
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NEW YORK  - People with advanced cancer may suffer substantial emotional distress, but relatively few may be discussing it with their doctors, new research suggests.
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The future of specialist medicine is at risk due to the way university research is funded, a doctors' leader says.
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Cancer was the biotech's biggest success story. Now to keep growing, it needs to branch out.