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Excess weight linked to 8 more cancer types
of excess weight and cancer risk analysed by the World Health Organization's International Agency for Cancer on Research (IARC), based in France. "The...
Increasing breastfeeding worldwide could prevent over 800,000 child deaths and 20,000 deaths from breast cancer every year
of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes. Geneva: World Health Organization, 1981. ISBN...
Most types of cancer not due to “bad luck”, says IARC
Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the World Health Organization’s specialised cancer agency, strongly disagrees with the conclusion of a s... Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), World Health Organization (WHO), cancer...
Launch of new European Code Against Cancer
(IARC), the specialized cancer agency of the World Health Organization (WHO), today launches the 4th edition of the European Code Against Cancer with... Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), World Health Organization (WHO), European Commission, cancer...
Global cancer burden rises to 14.1 million new cases in 2012: Marked increase in breast cancers must be addressed
(IARC), the specialized cancer agency of the World Health Organization, today released the latest data on cancer incidence, mortality, and prevalence...
1.5 million premature cancer deaths could be prevented per year if targets set to reduce NCDs are met by 2025
if decisive measures are taken to achieve the World Health Organization’s (WHO) ‘25 by 25’ target; to reduce premature deaths due to non-communicable d... to galvanise our efforts in implementing the World Health Organization’s (WHO) ‘25 by 25’ target,” said Dr Christopher Wild, Director of IARC. “There ... Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), World Health Organization (WHO), World Cancer...
The Lancet publishes largest ever study on global burden of disease
of Tokyo, Imperial College London, and the World Health Organization. According to Dr Chris Murray, Director of the IHME, “For decision-makers, h... diseases, global burden of disease, World Health Organization (WHO), Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation...
World Cancer Day 2011: New physical activity guidance can help prevent breast, colon cancers
that can reduce millions of cases annually. The World Health Organization's new Global Recommendations on Physical Activity for Health [2] advise that... Day, physical activity, cancer prevention, World Health Organization, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Union for International Cancer...