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Romanian cancer patients demand better access to treatment

An elderly Romanian suffering from cancer displays a placard as dozens protest in the front of the Romanian Health Ministry in Bucharest on May 7, 2007. (AFP)

Cancer patients in Romania on Monday called on the government to make the latest treatments for the disease affordable to end what they called an “inhumane situation”. The call by Romania’s federation of cancer patient associations came on World Cancer Day. “There is a huge discrepancy between the treatments available…

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WHO: Less than half all countries in the world prepared to deal with cancer

Patients attend a sewing workshop in a special treatment unit for teenagers from 15 to 25 years old living with cancer, in Lyon, France. (AFP)

Less than half of all countries in the world have functioning plans to prevent cancer and provide treatment and care to cancer patients, the World Health Organisation lamented Friday. “Cancer should not be a death sentence anywhere in the world, as there are proven ways to prevent and cure many…

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French doctors stand trial for covering up deadly radiation overdoses

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Two hospital doctors and a radiologist accused of giving hundreds of cancer patients potentially deadly radiation overdoses and then destroying evidence to cover up the mistake, have gone on trial for manslaughter. At least seven people died out of a group of 24 patients who received doses of radiation up…

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