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Nepalese Government launches cancer registry across nation

Jan 21, 2018-The Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC) has launched the population-based cancer registry (PBCR) in a bid to collect data of cancer patients across the country.   While such registry has already been in use in seven hospitals, including Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital, Bhaktapur and BP...

Cancers linked to excess weight make up 40% of all US diagnoses, study finds

"CDC researchers said the risk of 13 cancers is increased by being overweight or obese, including cancer of the thyroid, gallbladder, liver, kidney, colon and pancreas. Being overweight also increases the risk of a blood cancer called myeloma, a spinal cancer called meningioma, a type of esophage...

Thyroid Cancer

  This cancer forms in the thyroid gland, an organ at the base of the throat that makes hormones that help control heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, and weight. Four main types of thyroid cancer are papillary, follicular, medullary, and anaplastic thyroid cancer. The four ty...

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