CIENCIASMEDICASNEWS: CDC Around the World: World Cancer Day

miércoles, 4 de febrero de 2015

CDC Around the World: World Cancer Day

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PHOTO OF THE WEEK

CDC and partners are working with Thailand and other countries to improve cervical cancer screening coverage. View full-sized photo

Spotlighted Topic of the Week: World Cancer Day

CDC Ebola Updates

In the News

On the Calendar

Blog of the Week

WHY I CARE ABOUT CANCER IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

I’m 30 years old and have already had cancer three times. If I lived in a developing country I likely would have died from my testicular cancer, or from my melanoma, or almost surely from my recurrence of melanoma that spread to the liver and brain. Fortunately for me, I have the opportunity to access an extraordinarily high level of care that has kept me alive and hopefully will continue to do so...read blog

Infographic of the Week

CANCER WORLDWIDE

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Video of the Week

SIMPLE TECHNIQUE COULD MEAN END OF CERVICAL CANCER

Most people think of malaria, AIDS and childbirth as leading causes of death for women in sub-Saharan Africa. But there's another killer: Cervical cancer. watch video

Story of the Week

INCREASING CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING COVERAGE IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD

Cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths in women worldwide. In 2012, more than 500,000 new cases were diagnosed and more than 250,000 women died from cervical cancer globally. Eighty-five percent of these deaths occurred in low- and middle-income countries…read story