Cancer is the leading cause of premature death in North America. An estimated 2.1 million new cancer cases and 701,000 cancer deaths occur in North America each year. The region contributes almost ...

Evidence of cancer cells in dinosaur fossils, found in 2003. Scotland In the early 1800s, Scottish physician John Waldrop proposed that “glioma of the retina,” which typically appeared within the eyes ...

The region contributes about 50% of all new cancer cases (9.2 million) and over half of cancer deaths (5.1 million) worldwide each year.

Northern Africa, Central and West Asia is a diverse region characterized by relatively low but increasing cancer incidence rates. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in both sexes combined in all ...

The American Society for Clinical Oncology trains primary care physicians in countries with limited oncology infrastructure to recognize the signs and symptoms of cancer, and to better integrate ...