Tag - cancer

 
 

CANCER

JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 28, 2013
Citing side effects, group criticizes Diet OK for HPV vaccine for girls
A bill to approve vaccines to help prevent cervical cancer in girls is expected to clear the Diet this week but reports of serious side effects have prompted mothers to form a nationwide victims' support group.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 28, 2013
Printing firm workers to get cancer payout
The Osaka arm of the labor ministry said Wednesday that 16 current and former employees of a printing company are eligible for workers' compensation on the grounds that they contracted bile duct cancer while on the job.
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 22, 2013
Leukemia therapy lifts hopes in study
A leukemia therapy in which a patient's lymphocytes are genetically modified to attack the tumor cells causing the disease has shown dramatic effects in five patients, according to a new study.
JAPAN
Mar 10, 2013
Radiation 'may affect reproduction'
Based on her experience of supporting victims of the Chernobyl disaster, a senior NPO member said much more attention should be paid to the reproductive health of those exposed to low levels of radiation from the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 16, 2013
Grief gives counselor reason to help others
Breast cancer patients and family members gather in a room on the 10th floor of Tokyo Kyosai Hospital to sit down and share their troubles, while Kaori Osawa, a medical social worker, acts as moderator and answers questions.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 16, 2013
Debate rages over effect of nursing on mother and child
Is breast-feeding far and away the best thing? Or have we done women a disservice by overstating its benefits?
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 23, 2013
Oral drug better for cancer patients
Seventy percent of pancreatic cancer patients who orally take the cancer drug S-1 survive two years after surgery, compared with 53 percent of those who receive the intravenous drug gemcitabine, a medical research group said Wednesday.

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