Search Tag: Women's Health
2024 11 Apr
The 2023 draft recommendation by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) to start screening mammography at age 40 has sparked controversy, with a Perspective article in the New England Journal of Medicine by Woloshin et al. challenging its merits. A recent article published in the Journal of Breast Imaging seeks to address the concerns...Read more
2024 09 Feb
Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan is a political commitment to turn the tide against cancer and another stepping stone towards a strong European Health Union and a more secure, better-prepared and more resilient EU. In 2020, 2.7 million people in the European Union were diagnosed with cancer, and another 1.3 million people lost their lives to it, including...Read more
2024 06 Feb
Cancer poses a significant threat to public health in Europe, with an estimated 2.78 million new cases reported in 2022 across the European Union Member States, Iceland, and Norway. This alarming figure translates to approximately five new cancer diagnoses every minute. Disturbingly, projections indicate that by 2035, cancer will become the leading...Read more
2024 06 Feb
A recent report released by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) ahead of World Cancer Day sheds light on the escalating burden of cancer worldwide. According to fresh projections, the number of new cancer cases in Europe is anticipated to rise by 22.5 percent over the next twenty years. Globally, there is an estimated 55 percent...Read more