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Individuals should always seek professional medical advice. http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ The reluctance of men to adopt a healthy lifestyle and visit the doctor may be fuelling a gender gap in cancer cases and deaths, experts say. http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_8.html Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:00:00 GMT Vegetarians are generally less likely than meat eaters to develop cancer but this does not apply to all forms of the disease, a major study has found. http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_27.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:00:00 GMT My mum died at 12. 35pm on January 21, 1986; it was just two days before my seventh birthday http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_40.html Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:00:00 GMT Genetic testing can tell women early of higher risk for breast, ovarian cancer http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_41.html Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:00:00 GMT A new way of making cancer cells die has been discovered by UK scientists, raising hopes of potent new treatments. http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_42.html Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:00:00 GMT 6 lessons I learned from Cancer http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_45.html Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:00:00 GMT Health officials mull sunbed cancer risk http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_48.html Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:00:00 GMT Aspirin Seen Aiding Colorectal Cancer Patients http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_52.html Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:00:00 GMT The Fog That Follows Chemotherapy http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_53.html Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:00:00 GMT The balance sheet keeps changing. Life is a continuing set of trade-offs. Does the good outweigh the bad? It's easy for cancer patients to say we've gotten a bad deal. http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_59.html Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:00:00 GMT Women with even the tiniest spread of breast cancer to a lymph node have a much higher risk of the disease recurring years later and may need more treatment than just surgery, a new study suggests. http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_63.html Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:00:00 GMT Thanks to a Hong Kong study, some cancer patients will be able to skip traditional chemotherapy and its side effects, and switch to a form of treatment by a drug likely to be less unpleasant yet more effective. http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_66.html Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:00:00 GMT CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta leads a panel of experts in discussing challenges facing the battle against cancer http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_67.html Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:00:00 GMT Tobacco use will kill 6 million people next year from cancer, heart disease, emphysema and a range of other ills, global cancer experts predict. http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_70.html Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:00:00 GMT New research linking processed and red meat to bowel cancer has caused an outcry in Britain http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_75.html Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:00:00 GMT Two new blood tests could help doctors detect colon and stomach cancers simply, cheaply and early without the need for invasive procedures or unpleasant examinations, researchers said yesterday http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_80.html Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:00:00 GMT Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in Hong Kong and teh United States, it affects both men and women and it almost always starts in a benign growth called a polyp. Polyps originate in the inner lining of the colon, where they may be visible during the popular screening test known as colonoscopy. http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_90.html Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:00:00 GMT Men are seven times more likely than women to leave a seriously ill partner, a study has found. So why are males less able to cope? http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_93.html Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:00:00 GMT Hong Kong people have been urged to change their diet, after the city's cancer registry projected the number of new cancer cases to increase by nearly one-third by the end of the next decade. http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_105.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:00:00 GMT Laboratory tests suggest morphine could in fact encourage the spread of cancer, for which it is routinely prescribed to relieve pain from surgery and tumours. http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_106.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:00:00 GMT Loneliness and stress may play an important role in triggering breast cancer, a study suggests. http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_108.html Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:00:00 GMT A DOG has certainly become her owner's best friend by detecting cancer and saving her life. http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_110.html Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:00:00 GMT Shobana Kubendran loves putting together family trees. From them, she helps people tease out the answers to questions that often begin: "What are my chances of having ...?" http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_114.html Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:00:00 GMT Cigarettes have become deeply interwoven into the mainland's culture and economy, making the push by activists to cut consumption harder http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_115.html Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:00:00 GMT A report by the Geneva-based International Union Against Cancer (UICC) highlighted nine infections that can lead to cancer and urged health officials to drive home the importance of vaccines and lifestyle changes in fighting the disease. http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_117.html Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT 4 February is World Cancer Day http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_118.html Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT Making use of advanced ultrasound technology, researchers of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have successfully developed a low-cost and compact Ultrasound Elasticity Imaging System for the examination and diagnosis of breast cancer. http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_131.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:00:00 GMT Plastic surgery may often be associated with celebrity and glamour, but behind the doors of Kwong Wah Hospital in Yau Ma Tei, a team of surgeons is working hard to rehabilitate skin cancer patients. http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_133.html Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:00:00 GMT A new treatment combining chemotherapy and heat has increased treatment options for mid and final-stage liver cancer patients. http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_140.html Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:00:00 GMT A screening test that takes five minutes and cuts the risk of developing bowel cancer by a third could save at least 3,000 lives a year, research has shown. http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_143.html Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:00:00 GMT Australia is to announce new rules which will force tobacco companies to use plain packaging, reports say. http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_144.html Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:00:00 GMT Lynn Faulds Wood — who had advanced bowel cancer — details the simple steps people can take to avoid the disease http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_145.html Mon, 03 May 2010 16:00:00 GMT Study Shows 4-Week Yoga Program Eases Fatigue of Patients Who Underwent Cancer Treatment http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_162.html Wed, 19 May 2010 16:00:00 GMT New endoscopic technology that combines with ultrasound is helping doctors at a public hospital make more accurate diagnoses. http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_165.html Thu, 27 May 2010 16:00:00 GMT A community public hospital will buy a private CT scanner and sell public patients scanning services in the first public-private partnership of its kind. http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_166.html Sun, 30 May 2010 16:00:00 GMT Figures show females are lighting up at a younger age in the city http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_167.html Sun, 30 May 2010 16:00:00 GMT Since Chinese doctors first poked patients with sharp objects 4,000 years ago, acupuncture has been shrouded in mystery. http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_168.html Mon, 31 May 2010 16:00:00 GMT Fresh hope for high-risk groups http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_171.html Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:00:00 GMT HKU makes breakthrough in colon cancer research http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_174.html Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:00:00 GMT HKU scientists identify cancer stem cells http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_175.html Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:00:00 GMT Veteran campaigner Judith Mackay has no intention of giving up her fight http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_185.html Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:00:00 GMT It's one of the familiar smells of Asia, from the temple to the family altar, but the next time you are surrounded by a cloud of incense smoke you may want to hold your nose. http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_186.html Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:00:00 GMT Developing preventive medicine a key aim, but doubts over plan for one-stop clinics http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_188.html Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:00:00 GMT Beijing suggested sending medical experts to Hong Kong to help treat Szeto Wah's lung cancer, the veteran democrat's doctor said yesterday. http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_192.html Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:00:00 GMT Salmonella may help beat cancer http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_203.html Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:00:00 GMT Research on cancer vaccine starts to show results http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_213.html Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:00:00 GMT Eight signs of cancer http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_215.html Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:00:00 GMT Younger victims of breast cancer http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_216.html Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:00:00 GMT Low, daily doses of aspirin cut risk of colon cancer, study shows http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_224.html Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:00:00 GMT The life-saving jab http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_227.html Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:00:00 GMT New colon cancer test far more accurate http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_228.html Sun, 31 Oct 2010 16:00:00 GMT Cancer warning over chips and biscuits http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_250.html Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:00:00 GMT Lobby group wants cigarette tax in line with WHO guideline http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_259.html Sun, 16 Jan 2011 16:00:00 GMT US drug agency warns of increased incidence of lymphoma that affects immune system http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_262.html Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:00:00 GMT Leap of Faith’ Raises Awareness and Funds for Breast Cancer http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_267.html Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:00:00 GMT Smokers left feeling the pinch as tobacco tax increased by 41.5pc http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_268.html Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:00:00 GMT The cigarettes no one should want http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_275.html Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:00:00 GMT Meditation dramatically reduces the experience of pain, US study finds http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_276.html Sun, 10 Apr 2011 16:00:00 GMT Teenage girl gets cancer after using sunbeds since the age of 12 http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_277.html Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:00:00 GMT The 31st of May is World No Tobacco Day. http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_283.html Mon, 30 May 2011 16:00:00 GMT Cell-Phone Use Possibly Cancer-Causing, WHO Group Says http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_286.html Tue, 31 May 2011 16:00:00 GMT Study debunks food myths about cancer http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_288.html Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:00:00 GMT Chinese University discovery explains why the disease is much more prevalent among men across the world http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_293.html Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:00:00 GMT Cancer warning over fatty livers http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_294.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:00:00 GMT A drastic rise of 15 per cent in lymphoma cases over the past decade in Hong Kong has alarmed doctors as they report seeing more young patients. http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_295.html Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:00:00 GMT WHO to set up collaboration centre in the city, in recognition of its success in tobacco control http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_296.html Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:00:00 GMT Male breast cancer rare but can be aggressive http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_297.html Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:00:00 GMT Southern Chinese, including Hongkongers, are 25 times more likely to get nasopharyngeal carcinoma, although rates are falling http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_298.html Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:00:00 GMT Eating more cereals and whole grains could reduce the risk of developing colorectal cancer, a BMJ study says. http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_300.html Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:00:00 GMT Research finds anti-cancer gene http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_301.html Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:00:00 GMT Fungus may be key to cancer treatment http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_304.html Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:00:00 GMT Major cancer mystery unlocked http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_306.html Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:00:00 GMT Plucky senior more than a match for disease http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_308.html Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:00:00 GMT Watertight by remote http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_310.html Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:00:00 GMT Recent advances in cancer vaccines offer hope to millions of sufferers worldwide http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/cancer_news_313.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT