European Institute of Women’s Health: Statement on: EU Beating Cancer 04/02/2020 Cancer is Europe’s second leading cause of death. After cardiovascular diseases, accounting for 26% of all deaths in 2013. More than 1.3 million people died of cancer in 2013 across all EU Member States The growing cancer incidence in Europe is a major public…
Female breast cancer trends: Ireland
Female breast cancer trends – Ireland National Cancer Registry report shows 1 in 10 women in Ireland will develop malignant breast cancer before her 75th birthday. Breast cancer is the commonest malignant tumour diagnosed in Irish women, with 2,883 cases diagnosed each year on average during 2011-2013, almost one third of major malignancies diagnosed in…
A strong National Emission Ceiling (NEC) Directive
An Open letter To: EU Ministers for a strong National Emission Ceiling (NEC) Directive Dear Ministers, Subject: Public Health recommendations for strong National Emission Ceiling (NEC) Directive We, the undersigned 17 health organisations, representing thousands of health professionals and affected European citizens, are writing to you ahead of the 16th December meeting where you will…
e-learning about Angiogenesis in Gastric Cancer
Stomach cancer, also known as gastric cancer is the third most common cause of cancer-related death in the world, and it remains difficult to cure in Western countries, mainly as most patients present with advanced disease. To understand more about angiogenesis in gastric cancer, cancer.org have produced informaiton sets including: Angiogenesis in Gastric Cancer e-learning module…
.scot: Health boards to reduce cancer waiting times
Health boards to reduce cancer waiting times Health boards share over £4 million to reduce cancer waiting times after performance target drop and will help improve on diagnostic wait across country and provide local support. In the first quarter of 2015, 91.8 per cent of patients urgently referred with suspicion of cancer began treatment within…
Uk: Cancer kills more men than other diseases
Cancer kills more men than other diseases in UK Now primary cause of death since 1960 Male deaths from cancer 29% Male cardiovascular disease 28% Heart disease remains most common cause of death amongst women. Cancer has now overtaken heart disease as the biggest killer of British men, research says, but heart disease is still…
uk: Maintain a healthy weight and prevent weight gain
Maintain a healthy weight and prevent weight gain The number of people in Uk classified as obese has nearly doubled over the last 20 years and continues to increase The cost to society and the economy is estimated around £16 billion but could rise to nearly £50 billion in 2050 Being more active and following…
UK: Treatment guides for treating kidney and prostate cancer
Final guidance on use of axitinib for treating kidney cancer and sipuleucel-T for prostate cancer. Guidance issued to the NHS today, recommends that the drug axitinib, known as Inlyta by Pfizer, should be available as a second line treatment for kidney cancer. A separate new guide did not recommended sipuleucel-T, known as Provenge, for treating…
UK: Guidance on pomalidomide for blood cancer
Final draft guidance on pomalidomide for blood cancer Not recommending pomalidomide, also known as Imnovid, for treating multiple myeloma. Multiple myeloma is a cancer that affects plasma cells, i.e. white blood cell found in bone marrow. Although incurable, there are a number of treatments that help slow the disease progress and improve quality of life. …
European Cervical Cancer Week, 2015
Press release The European Institute of Women’s Health (EIWH) supports European Cervical Cancer Week Jan 25-31st 2015 The prevention of cervical cancer has the potential to become a major public health success story. We should be able to lower rates of cervical cancer even further, if best practice in early detection through cancer screening and…