Cancer
Breast cancer successfully treatable if diagnosed early
Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer among women, but if it is diagnosed at an early stage, there is a good chance it can be successfully treated, according to an expert.
New Methods in the Blood Cancer Treatment Can Eventually Cure it
New methods in the treatment of malignant diseases of the blood allow complete cure. This was reported by leading experts in the field of hematology at a scientific conference in Plovdiv. "Cancer is not a Sentence" is the motto of a charity cross that will be held tomorrow in the city as part of a national information campaign.
20-year-old student loses her 4th fight against cancer
Neslican Tay, a 20-year-old known on social media for her fight against cancer, passed away late on Sept. 20 in a private hospital in Istanbul where she was being treated since Sept. 15.
Galata Tower to wear tie for cancer awareness
A huge blue tie will be fitted to Istanbul's landmark Galata tower on Sept. 20 to raise awareness for prostate cancer.
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First oncology centre for personalized therapy in Eastern Europe to open in Timisoara
The first oncology centre for personalised therapy in eastern European Union will be built over the next two years at the Victor Babes Infectious Disease Hospital in Timisoara, where both lung tumours and metastatic cancer will be treated.
Bulgaria Is One of the Leaders in the EU in Death Cases Which Could Have Been Prevented
Bulgaria is at the forefront and at the end of two new charts by Eurostat and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development on premature death in the European Union. This is a published report of the European Statistical Office. These are deaths that have occurred but were preventable.
Scientists: Obesity Doubles the Risk of Cancer
Scientists at the University of Bristol, England, have concluded that overweight and obesity increase the risk of cancer by at least 2 times, MedicalXpress reported.
Experts have identified what is the genes' activity in malignant tumor tissue in 8 cancers that have been linked to obesity, BTA reported.
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Triple Jump of Cancer Patients in Bulgaria for 37 Years
Triple jump in cancer patients for 37 years, from 1980 to the 2017. This shows data from the National Center for Public Health and Analysis, which latest data is from two years ago.
Of the 113,336 developed various carcinomas in the 1980s, by 2017 the number of cancer patients in Bulgaria reached 292,721.
Google pays tribute to Greek inventor of smear test
Monday's Google Doodle paid tribute to Georgios Papanikolaou, the Greek medic and researcher who invented the smear test to detect early signs of cervical and uterine cancer.
The doodle, an illustration of him inspecting cells under a microscope, was available in 12 countries around the world.
Three-month waiting list for radiotherapy
Cancer patients needing radiotherapy treatment must wait up to three weeks for treatment at Attica's public hospitals due to understaffing, doctors say, noting that lives could be saved with the hiring of just 25 technicians.
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