International Agency for Research on Cancer
Global Cancer Rates Could Increase 50% by 2020
World Cancer Report shows that action on smoking, diet, infections
Can prevent one third of cancers, another third can be cured
World Cancer Report shows that action on smoking, diet, infections
Can prevent one third of cancers, another third can be cured
04-03-2003
Cancer rates could further increase by 50% to 15 million new cases in the year 2020, according to the World Cancer Report, the most comprehensive global examination of the disease to date...
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IARC MONOGRAPHS PROGRAMME DECLARES SECOND-HAND SMOKE
CARCINOGENIC TO HUMANS
CARCINOGENIC TO HUMANS
06-19-2002
A scientific working group of 29 experts from 12 countries convened by the Monographs Programme of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the World Health Organization, Lyon, France, has reviewed all significant published evidence related to tobacco smoking and cancer...
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Smoking Cuts Breast Cancer Risk In Small Fraction
of Women with Mutated Gene
Scientists Do Not Advocate Smoking, as Risks Outweigh Advantages
of Women with Mutated Gene
Scientists Do Not Advocate Smoking, as Risks Outweigh Advantages
05-19-1998
Smoking cuts the risk of developing breast cancer by 50 percent in a tiny fraction of women who carry a genetic pre-disposition for the disease, says a new study...
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