As the year comes to a close, I wanted to reach out and ask for your support in our year-end fundraising campaign. Your generosity has the power to ignite a spark of hope for cancer patients and their families who are fighting an incredibly difficult…
The Asian Fund for Cancer Research Limited (AFCR) is saddened by the loss of George Sai Wah Tsao, Ph.D., who was a professor at the School of Biomedical Sciences and the Director of the Faculty Core Facility of the Faculty of Medicine…
The 2022 Give to Cure Cancer Year-End Appeal is now underway. It’s your last chance to make this year’s campaign the most successful ever.
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The year 2022 turns out to be an unprecedented time of new challenges.…
Mushrooms are rich in vitamins, nutrients, and antioxidants. Recent research shows that these superfoods may also help guard against cancer. People who incorporated any variety of mushrooms into their daily diets had a lower risk of cancer. According to the findings, individuals…
By November 10, 2022, 94% (95% CrI, 79%-99%) of the US population were estimated to have been infected by SARS-CoV-2 at least once. Combined with vaccination, 97% (95%-99%) were estimated to have some prior immunological exposure to SARS-CoV-2. Between December 1, 2021…
Winter is the season when we are most susceptible to illness and colds. This is because our immune system weakens, which makes us more vulnerable to infections. A person with cancer should be acutely aware of the winter’s inherent health risks because…
2022 has been a challenging year and filled with many distractions, and why I’m following up with you on an important update, I recently sent you.
I hope you received the e-newsletter introducing AFCR’s Gastrointestinal cancers research and the exciting news…
Despite significant improvements in breast cancer treatment and detection technology, breast cancer has become the leading cause of global cancer incidence. Asian women had the highest chance of being diagnosed with Stage I breast cancer among all races. Men are also susceptible…
Approximately 30-40% of cancer diagnoses could be prevented by modest diet and lifestyle changes. This number increases to 90% for certain cancers, like stomach cancer. Let's take a deeper look into the science of this important correlation.
Carcinogens in Food
Nutrition interacts with cancer…
1. Men are more likely to develop kidney cancer.
Kidney cancer (also known as renal cancer or renal cell adenocarcinoma) is the 14th most common cancer worldwide. It is the 9th most common cancer in men and the 14th most common cancer…