International Agency for Research on Cancer

Cancer caused by ‘Bad Luck’ according to new study

A controversial new study suggests that only about one-third of cancers are caused by what the medical community and world at large have hitherto suspected as the cause of the disease: a combination of genetic as well as environmental factors. And the remaining two-thirds? Those are caused by random mutations of DNA in noncancerous stem cells, [...]

WHO Releases Devastating World Cancer Report; Calls for Changes in Cancer Care

Agent2014-02-05T20:56:12-05:00February 5th, 2014|Brain MRI, Early Cancer Detection, MRI, MRI Vancouver, Radiology, Whole Body MRI|

A new report put out by the World Health Organization presents a bleak prospect: World cancer rates are expected to rise by more than half by 2030. These findings were published in the WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)'s World Cancer Report, a collaborative effort of over 250 scientists and health specialists from [...]