Cancer 'to become bigger burden'
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Rising rates of cancer diagnosis will increase the strain on European health care systems,  experts warn.
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People who develop cervical or testicular cancer may face another harsh reality: they are more likely to get divorced than those without the disease, a new study says.
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Paying for the cancer drug Herceptin means other cancer patients will lose out, doctors warn.
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At his home in East Los Angeles, Francisco Castaneda of El Salvador faces a grim truth: His cancer is spreading, from his groin to his lymph nodes and toward his stomach, a progression that could soon end his life.
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About 6,000 middle-aged or older UK women develop cancer each year because of excess weight, a study says.
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A charity is warning obesity could be the cause of 12,000 cases of cancer a year in the UK by 2010.
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Chronic stress might speed up the onset of skin cancer in those already at high risk for the disease, a new study indicates. The research is still preliminary, involving mice, not humans.
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Rising levels of obesity in Britain could lead to as many as 12,000 new cases of weight-related cancer each year by the end of the decade, a leading charity warned on Tuesday.
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A new global fund is needed to fight cancer which kills more people than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined and threatens to reach epidemic proportions in the next decade, a senior U.N. official said on Tuesday.
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Asia is bracing for a dramatic surge in cancer rates over the next decade as people in the developing world live longer and adopt bad Western habits that greatly increase the risk of the disease.
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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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Developing countries are facing a growing cancer epidemic and expected to see more than two thirds of new cases worldwide over the next 10 years, UN health officials warned on Monday.
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A new study finds that cancer casts a long shadow on the lives of survivors, harming their ability to work and perform daily chores more than a decade after diagnosis.
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Gestational diabetes may be associated with a substantially increased risk for pancreatic cancer, a new study has found.
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The ballooning cost of cancer treatment offers an example of how difficult it may be to rein in the nationâs runaway health care spending.
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NEW YORK  - People facing the prospect of  cancer treatment typically expect to suffer numerous side  effects -- often more than is actually likely -- a study  suggests.
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The way cancer services are provided is a shambles and must be drastically reformed, a report by MPs says.