It has become commonplace to hear expressions such as “fighting the war on cancer” or even “she’s a warrior intent […]
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The Emergence of CRISPR
One of the most remarkable scientific breakthroughs since the mapping of the human genome has been CRISPR, an acronym that […]
Cost of Breast Cancer
New research from the American Cancer Society, just published in JAMA Oncology, found that in 2015, 8.7 million years of life were […]
Diet Linked to Drug-Resistant Breast Cancer
Approximately 70% of all breast cancers are oestrogen-receptor positive (ER+), which means they rely on the hormone oestrogen to grow. As a result, oestrogen-blocking […]
Breast Cancer in China
Three years ago, The Economist Intelligence Unit produced a 96-page report entitled “Breast cancer in Asia: the challenge and response” in which […]
Has Screening Made a Difference?
Senior executives from CapeRay, the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and The Beijing Axis are currently visiting China to explore the globalisation of CapeRay’s […]
What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You
Dr Daniel Kopans, professor of radiology at Harvard, earlier this week started a new blog entitled Fiction and Facts about Breast Cancer […]
Thinking Outside of the Globe
Since 1980, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has been collaborating with its American counterpart NASA to develop and deploy sophisticated […]
I Am And I Will
This past Monday, 4 February 2019, was the 20th occasion to mark World Cancer Day. Emanating from the Charter of Paris, the […]
We Learn From Our Mistakes
Eight years ago, two health journalists – Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus – wrote their first blog about the retraction of journal […]