Cancer

Earlier today, a California Superior Court judge issued a ruling that's bound to stress out lots of java drinkers—even if it probably shouldn't. Companies like Starbucks will have to tell customers that their coffee can potentially cause cancer.

Checks for asbestos, which is considered carcinogenic material by the World Health Organization, is only obligatory in seven of the Istanbul districts ahead of demolition works, experts have warned.

A large-scale study involving Bulgarian scientists could influence the cancer treatment process. An international team of scientists from Bulgaria, Germany and the United States unveils the dynamics of 70 key proteins involved in the DNA repair. This provides a platform for fundamental research of the process and effect of anticancer drugs.

Five breast cancer NGOs from Belgium, Italy, Greece, Romania and Bosnia and Herzegovina launched on Wednesday at the European Parliament the Think Pink Europe organization, with Mihaela Geoana appointed president of this NGO that will interconnect and take their efforts international, the Renaissance Foundation said in a release.

Scientists suggested on Feb. 15 a link between cancer and "ultra-processed" foods such as cookies, fizzy drinks and sugary cereals, though outside experts cautioned against reading too much into the study results.

The annual cost of cancer treatment in Turkey, currently estimated at $3 billion per year, is expected to at least triple by 2030, Turkish Society for Radiation Oncology head Esra Kaytan Sağlam has said.

The Greek Parliament building will be lit up on Saturday evening to mark World Cancer Day.

The lights will go on at 6 p.m until Sunday morning.

Marios Georgiades, a deputy Parliament Speaker, said World Cancer Day on February 4 aims to rally everyone in the fight against the illness.

Parents of children suffering from rare illnesses in Croatia say the Health Ministry's plan to gather money for expensive drugs through citizens' donations is failing.

A long-standing medication for cancer has become almost unaffordable for most of patients, as its price has skyrocketed 1,500 percent over four years. The company behind the drug is under fire.

Nearly every fourth of every ten cases of cancer in the United States (42%) are due to poor lifestyle choices, including smoking, poor nutrition and other avoidable factors. This shows a new study by American scientists, which calculates the contribution of several so-called variable risk factors for the onset of cancer, reports actualno.