Aug 26, 2020 | cancer, diagnostics
The Secretary-General of the German Cancer Society, the physician Dr. Johannes Bruns, pleads for a finer classification according to the urgency in the treatment of cancer diseases, especially against the background of the infection caused by SARS-CoV-2, since up to...
Aug 6, 2020 | cancer, research
According to its own statements, the cancer information service offers up-to-date knowledge about cancer, but also help and individual advice for each individual. There are many questions from people with cancer and their relatives, but not always when questions about...
Jun 26, 2020 | cancer, EN, research, therapy
A research team from Purdue University, USA has developed a new method for treating black skin cancer (malignant melanoma). The novel patch contains microscopic silicon needles that release their active ingredients into the skin over a period of several months. A...
Jun 22, 2020 | cancer, EN, prevention, study
Scientists from two universities in Finland and Madrid have now discovered that vitamin D can be used to prevent cancer and that a good vitamin D status can have an anti-cancer effect, especially in colon and blood cancer, but also in breast and prostate cancer....
Jun 10, 2020 | cancer, Diabetes, drugs, EN, research
Some metformin-containing drugs that type 2 diabetics take to lower their blood sugar levels to normal levels are suspected of being contaminated with potentially carcinogenic nitrosamines, according to a report by the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices...
Jun 10, 2020 | cancer, Diabetes, EN, research, study
In Germany, many people will develop colorectal cancer during their lifetime. Most of them are older than 70 years at the time of diagnosis. One in 17 men is then affected. Among women, the rate is a bit lower, at five percent according to the evaluation. Colon cancer...