It is a widely known fact that smoking directly correlates with lung cancer diagnoses, but did you know that smoking also accounts for nearly half of all bladder cancer diagnoses?
First of all, what is it?
The bladder is an organ located in the…
Immunotherapy - treatment that use the immune system to fight diseases like cancer - is a hot topic in the news and medical research area in recent years. Some of the most promising advances in cancer research involve immunotherapies. Let’s take a…
Summer, as wonderful as it is, can bring high heat, humidity and higher levels of physical activity, making unappealing even moderately heavy meals. As a result, it’s perhaps the only time of year that the environment deeply promotes the innate desire to…
Esophageal cancer is cancer that impacts the 10-inch-long tube that connects the mouth to the stomach. That important track is vital to survive, and used daily, but esophageal cancer is shockingly referred to as a silent killer. Most people with esophageal cancer…
“5 Questions With…” is a weekly BioBuzz series where we reach out to interesting people in the BioHealth Capital Region to share a little about themselves, their work, and maybe something completely unrelated. This week we welcome 5 Questions with Dr. Sujuan…
THE CHALLENGE
—Unmet Medical Need for Holistic Cancer Treatment
Cancer is a heterogeneous disease. Heterogeneity in cancer is not limited to differences between different patients, but also occurs within a single patient. This intrapatient or intratumoral heterogeneity can present great challenges for cancer treatment.
This…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
7 April 2021
CONTACTS:
Asian Fund for Cancer Research
Bradley Gillenwater, Senior Director for Corporate Engagement
E-mail: bgillenwater@afcr.org
Hugill & Ip Solicitors
Marco Raccuia, Head of Finance & Operations
E-mail: marco.raccuia@hugillandip.com
Asian Fund for Cancer Research Announces Inaugural BRACE Award Venture Competition Winner
Gastrointestinal Cancer Drug Developer Arbele Receives…
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Melanoma skin cancer is the fifth most common cancer in the UK, with around 16,200 people diagnosed each year. And in the last decade the number of cases in men have increased by 47%. A new link between higher levels of testosterone…
A couple of years ago, Joseph Shrager, MD, professor of cardiothoracic surgery at Stanford School of Medicine, noticed a statistical anomaly in his practice. It seemed that patients were diagnosed with lung cancer at a surprisingly higher rate at 65 years old…