Cancer

"Serbia has highest cancer mortality rate in Europe"

Serbia tops the list of European countries with highest cancer mortality rates - a number that grows 2.5 percent on average each year.

BELGRADE - Serbia ranks as first in Europe by the cancer mortality rate, which grows an average 2.5 percent every year, making the problem of malignant tumors in our country very serious, oncologist Slobodan Cikaric, president of the Serbian Society for the Fight Against Cancer, said Wednesday.

A team from a Spanish university has discovered what Egyptian authorities are calling the world's oldest evidence of breast cancer in the 4,200-year-old skeleton of an adult woman.

Sare Davuto?lu, the wife of Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu and a gynecologist, has urged Turkish men to remain monogamous, saying the HPV virus, which is one of the main causes of cervical cancer, is initially transmitted to women by their husbands after they have had an affair with an infected person.

World Cancer Day is celebrated on February 4 to raise awareness of cancer and encoruage its prevention, detection and treatment. The race is on to find cutting edge research to battle the disease. Deutsche Welle showcased where the attention of cancer treatments is focused:

Daily: Seselj could soon undergo surgery

BELGRADE -- A decision will be made in the coming days on how to proceed with the treatment of Vojislav Seselj, his doctor, Milovan Bojic has told the Politika daily.

BELGRADE - A scientific research institution from Belgrade, called Institute Mihajlo Pupin, has developed a software that detects and locates carcinoma in the human body, and the new program was presented at the 39th international medical expo Medident, which started in Belgrade on Thursday.

İlhan Söyler, one of daily Hürriyet’s most experienced sports journalists, lost his fight against cancer at the age of 66

British pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline has agreed a $350-million deal with Adaptimmune to help develop and sell the biotechnology firm's cancer drugs, the companies said on Monday.
      

In a bid to raise public awareness about the risks posed by skin cancer, the public will be able to benefit from free tests on Thursday and Friday across Greece.