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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...

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...

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...

Women smokers may have greater risk for colon cancer than men

Agency for Research on Cancer of the World Health Organization, but unfortunately, this is not yet common knowledge, neither among health...

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...

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...

Processed and red meats are linked to cancer, says IARC

on Cancer (IARC), the cancer agency of the World Health Organization, has evaluated the carcinogenicity of the consumption of red meat and...

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...