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7 Facts You Need to Know About Lung Cancer

08/24/2018News

With lung cancer continuing to affect the lives of so many people, it’s important to understand the disease and what we can do to improve our chances of beating it. 1. Targeted therapies are showing great promise in treating lung cancer. If you’ve been…

AFCR April 2018 China Brain Cancer Round Table

08/16/2018AFCR News, Leadership, News

(clockwise) AFCR Founder and CEO Dr. Sujuan Ba, ECI Founder Mr. Andrew Forrest and PhIRDA Executive President Mr. Song Ruilin Bringing International Partners Together In recent months, the Asian Fund for Cancer Research (AFCR) has established relationships with two fellow Pacific Rim institutions: the China…

2018 Gordon Research Conference on Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

06/13/2018Cancer Research, Events, News

The Asian Fund for Cancer Research (AFCR) is pleased to be an official Contributor for the 2018 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on nasopharyngeal carcinoma being held at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) from June 24th to 29th. The…

HPV vaccine is safe and reduces cell changes that can become cancer

06/09/2018Awareness, Global Cancer News

Anne Li A vaccine designed to prevent cervical cancer is safe and effective in reducing cell changes that can become cancerous, a new review has confirmed. The human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine reduces precancerous changes and doesn’t cause serious side effects, according to…

Two Giants of Cancer Care® with AFCR Affiliation

05/31/2018AFCR News, Cancer Scientists, News

Respected healthcare professionals who are advancing the field of oncology by their contributions in research and clinical practice were recognized on June 31st as Giants of Cancer Care in an event at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago. Two of the 21 honorees…

Take a Bite Out Of Cancer: Foods that Fight Cancer

05/21/2018Cancer Prevention & Treatments, News

Fuel is important and our choices in fuel are equally so. In plain terms our bodies, and the immune systems they contain, are engines and fueling them correctly is a necessary preamble to fending off a cancer diagnosis. What many fail to…

Second Annual Meeting of Society for Neuro-Oncology of China (SNOChina 2018)

02/28/2018AFCR News

March 16-17, 2018 Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China The Society for Neuro-Oncology of China has invited Dr. Sujuan Ba, the founder and chief executive officer of the Asian Fund for Cancer Research (AFCR), to give a lecture at its annual meeting, SNOChina 2018, to…

News digest – cancer blood test, junk food ads, science snapshots and… ‘gene tests for all?’

01/28/2018Global Cancer News, News

Anne Li This week, Cancer Research UK's News Digest gives us updates on blood tests, junk food ads, collaborations, snapshots, invasive breast cancer, reassuring reminders, prostate cancer, smokers, reconstructive surgery, blood cancer, and finally.... a "gene test for all"? See original article at: https://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2018/01/20/news-digest-cancer-blood-test-junk-food-ads-science-snapshots-and-gene-tests-for-all/

Cancer Research UK and the Institute of Cancer Research, London, join forces with Merck in new drug discovery alliance

01/28/2018Global Cancer News, News

Anne Li Cancer Research UK’s Commercial Partnerships Team and The Institute of Cancer Research, London, announced a multi-project collaboration and licensing deal with Merck, a leading science and technology company, to discover and develop new anticancer drugs. This multi-project deal follows previous single…

Teens likely to crave junk food after watching TV ads

01/28/2018Global Cancer News

Anne Li Teenagers who watch more than three hours of commercial TV a day are more likely to eat hundreds of extra junk food snacks, according to a report by Cancer Research UK. Being bombarded by TV ads for unhealthy, high calorie food…