Professor Nguyen Ba Duc, former director of the National Cancer Hospital K in Hanoi cum deputy head of Vietnam Cancer Association, said at a conference that cancer is one of most common cause of deaths in the world and in Vietnam,

 Processed meats - such as bacon, sausages and ham - do cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

 Ovarian transplants are a safe and effective way for women who have had cancer to have their own children, a study shows.

 Reducing the portion sizes offered in supermarkets, restaurants and at home would help reverse the obesity epidemic, say researchers.

 Irregular sleeping patterns have been "unequivocally" shown to lead to cancer in tests on mice, a study suggests.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is set to ban about 22,000 types of cosmetics containing five derivatives of Paraben that are suspected of causing breast cancer and male infertility.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Black-as-coal and smelling of something rank, the Nhue River snakes its way through the middle of Van Hoang Commune, Phu Xuyen District in Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – According to a World Health Organization (WHO) comparison of per capita consumption in litres of pure alcohol, Vietnamese—at 8.7 litres per year—out-drink residents of all other Southeast Asian nations.

 Actress Angelina Jolie has had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed as a preventative measure against cancer.

One in two people in the UK will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives, analysis suggests.

VietNamNet Bridge – Non-infectious diseases, such as high-blood pressure, pulmonary ailments, asthma, diabetes and cancer, make up two thirds of the total incidence of diseases and health-related deaths in the nation,

 New schools, care homes and hospitals should be built far away from major roads because of the dangers of air pollution, a report by MPs says.

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 As many as 130,000-160,000 new cancer cases are reported in Vietnam every year, along with up to 115,000 cancer-related deaths, according to initial research conducted in a number of cities and provinces nationwide.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many residents in villages in Ha Nam Province’s Duy Tien District became seriously ill and lost their jobs after giving up farmland to the state to make room for the Dong Van Industrial Zone in the province.

Locals in Lien Tien and Dong Son hamlets of Mai Phu commune in Ha Tinh Province are not worried about hunger, poverty or harsh weather, but the numerous cancer-related deaths in their sleepy villages.

 VietNamNet Bridge – 1,000 cancer-related deaths have been reported in one district in the last six years. In one small town, 115 out of 562 deaths (21 percent) were due to cancer.

News of the development of a wonderful new remedy for all types of cancer should be treated with some wariness, says Professor Nguyen Chan Hung. Dr. Hung, who serves as Chair of the Vietnam Cancer Association.

A joint medical research conducted by Finnish and Estonian researchers found that some biomarkers in blood sample could predict mortality risk to people who appear healthy,

 U.S. researchers said Monday they have developed a simple, cheap paper test that could reveal within minutes whether a person has cancer.