USA Former Real Madrid star announces tragic death of 9-year-old daughter Former football player and coach Luis Enrique revealed on Twitter that his 9-year-old daughter passed away from a form of bone cancer. 01/09/2019
World Charity's warning after 'UK skin cancer rates jump 45% in a decade' Cases of skin cancer — or melanoma — have increased 45% in the UK over the past decade, according to a newly-published study by Cancer Research UK. 18/07/2019
France French study links sugary drinks to cancer Scientists found that drinking 100ml of sugary drinks, including 100% fruit juice, increased the risk of cancer by 18%. 11/07/2019
Turkey Turk with terminal cancer 'denied passport to get treatment abroad' A professor with terminal cancer says Turkish authorities have cancelled his passport, stopping him from going abroad for alternative treatment. 15/05/2019
Body and Mind Floatation therapy, Prince Harry and Oprah Winfrey Here is our curated selection of the top five wellness trends and products that caught our eye this month. 11/05/2019
brussels bureau Increasing risk of cancer in the workplace Trade unions demand that cancer be recognised as work related illness and calls on the European Union to maintain pressure on employers 02/05/2019
USA Woman, 35, who died of cancer urges people to 'live a little' in viral obituary When Bailey Jean Matheson found out she had two years to live, she decided to make the most out the time she had left. She wanted others to do the same. 17/04/2019
France World first as France bans breast implants amid cancer fears France's national agency for health products (ANSM) said the move was a precautionary measure and that it did not recommend women who already had the implants to remove them. 04/04/2019
World Over 1.4 million to die from cancer in EU this year: Study Lung cancer has been found to be the deadliest form of the disease for both sexes, surpassing breast cancer for women. 19/03/2019
Belgium Studies on whether weedkiller causes cancer 'must be released' The European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) has to disclose details of studies on the toxicity of weedkiller, EU judges ruled on Thursday, 07/03/2019
World World Cancer Day: Urgent action needed to improve early detection This year, World Cancer Day lanches "I am and I will" campaign. 04/02/2019
Good Morning Europe New cancer risk assessment method could be a game changer How likely are you to develop breast cancer? It's a question scientists may now be able to answer much more accurately, thanks to a new method developed by Cancer Research UK. 15/01/2019
futuris European researchers tackle cancer with Biobanks European researchers tackle cancer with Biobanks 14/01/2019
no comment Scorpion power Once a month for the last decade, Pepe Casanas, a 78-year-old Cuban, has hunted down a scorpion to sting himself with, vowing that the venom wards off his rheumatism pains. 15/12/2018
France French gender equality minister donates hair to cancer patients The politician said she had been reluctant to go public with the personal action, but wanted “to make this initiative known to all those who can and want to contribute”. 01/11/2018
world news Where in Europe are you most likely to die before 70? Lack of progress in reducing early deaths from chronic diseases could cause the majority of UN member states to miss the 2030 deadline, according to the Lancet. 21/09/2018
world news Cancer will kill 9.6 million people globally in 2018: report An estimated 9.6 million people will die from cancer worldwide in 2018, according to the latest figures from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). 13/09/2018
brussels bureau Brief from Brussels: Monsanto storm continues, will Hungary be disciplined? In this edition of the Brief from Brussels: US lawyers say they have ‘explosive’ documents about agribusiness giant Monsanto and its affairs in 06/09/2018
World Study: More than a quarter of the world lacks sufficient exercise On average, 27.5% of the world was lacking sufficient physical activity in 2016. Women were slightly more inactive than men, a difference of 8% globally. 05/09/2018
Yemen In photos: Suffering from cancer amid war in Yemen As the civil war rages on, Reuters photographer Khaled Abdullah has visited the oncology area of several Yemeni hospitals, and photographed cancer sufferers staying in charity houses or living with their illness at home. 05/09/2018
United Kingdom Dogs to be trained to detect bowel cancer in UK medical trial Dogs are to be trained to detect bowel cancer as part of a British medical trial, researchers have announced. 23/08/2018
Business Bayer shares plunge over weedkiller trial Bayer shares plunged as much as 14 percent on Monday, losing about €12 billion in value, after newly acquired Monsanto was ordered to pay €250 million in damages in the first of possibly thousands of US lawsuits over alleged links between a weedkiller and cancer. 13/08/2018
USA Chemical giant Monsanto ordered to pay 252 million Euro fine A court in San Francisco ordered chemical giant Monsanto to a man who claims the company's products caused his terminal cancer. 11/08/2018
View Cancer - a disease in the West, a death sentence in Africa | View The void created by Western donors’ abandonment of Africa is being filled by a newly invigorated humanitarian bloc, says former Pakistani Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Naaem Khan. 08/08/2018
USA US courts to decide if weedkiller gave groundsman cancer Dewayne Johnson is one of 5,000 plaintiffs claiming against the company, Monsanto, with his potentially ground-breaking case believed to be the first to reach a trial. 08/08/2018
Denmark Scientists develop artificial ovary to help women conceive after cancer treatment Danish scientists have taken early steps towards creating an artificial human ovary designed to help women conceive after cancer treatments that can damage fertility. 02/07/2018
