The test is based on detecting mutations in the telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) gene – a crucial element for cancer genesis and progression – the most common mutations in bladder cancer, according to the report conducted by the UN World Health Organization’s ( WHO ) International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and international partners.
(...) Their evaluation of the performance of TERT promoter mutations as early detection biomarkers for bladder cancer in urine samples revealed detection in 46.7 per cent of the asymptomatic individuals who later developed bladder cancer. (...)
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Professor Cyril Dim, a member of the Director-General’s Expert Group on Cervical Cancer Elimination, recently encouraged the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria to join in advocating for the elimination of cervical cancer. Presenting on the Global strategy and the Cervical Cancer Elimination Initiative, Professor Dim highlighted the role that bishops can play in encouraging government action, raising awareness within communities, and combatting vaccine inequity to eliminate cervical cancer for women and girls throughout Nigeria.
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Published in the medical journal Cancer Epidemiology , the study led by the World Health Organization ( WHO ) cancer research centre reveals that the total cost of lost productivity because of premature cancer mortality for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – collectively known as BRICS countries – was $46.3 billion in 2012 (the most recent year for which cancer data was available for all these countries).
(...) “Yet each of these countries has a distinct cancer profile, and therefore a tailored approach to national cancer control policy is required,” added IARC.
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Antimicrobials have been a driver of unprecedented medical and societal advances, but their overuse has resulted in antibiotic resistant bacteria, with the World Health Organization (WHO) reporting new surveillance data on Monday which reveals widespread resistance to some of the world’s most common infections, including E. coli and pneumonia.
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Among cancer deaths, lung cancer accounted for 10.6% deaths, breast cancer 9.4%, cervical cancer 8%, liver 6.6% and lip, oral cavity cancer 6.4% deaths.
(...) Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in terms of the number of cases in WHO South-East Asia Region. (...) “We must scale up efforts to save lives and improve the quality of life of people living with cancer,” said Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh.
One of the key strategies to combat NCDs such as cancer has been to strengthen access to primary health care and referral systems for early detection and treatment.
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To combat diabetes, hypertension and the three most common cancers – oral, breast and cervical cancers -- the Government of India has launched “Population-based screening (PBS) of common NCDs” at the community and primary health care level.
(...) Intensive trainings have been held to provide quality services, including screening of communities against diabetes, hypertension, oral cancers, and the two most common cancers among women (breast and cervical cancer), for early detection and management.
(...) “We have started NCD screening of the target population on five common NCDs (hypertension, diabetes, and oral, breast and cervical cancers) but the screening for cervical cancer is mainly done at the link-Primary Health Centre (PHC).
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“My encounter with cervical cancer patients disheartened me,” Ombeka said after visiting a hospital. (...) “It warms my heart to know that cervical cancer can be prevented just through an injection.”
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Cervical cancer is among the leading causes of cancer-related deaths for Kenyan women.
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Cancer accounted for 7.4 million deaths in 2004 (around 13% of all deaths).
(...) The joint programme will provide the framework for the two organizations to dovetail their work, building on their areas of expertise to create a more coordinated and robust approach to combating cancer in low- and middle-income countries.
(...) Such programmes include cancer prevention, early detection, screening, diagnosis, treatment, palliative care and monitoring including cancer registries.
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Building trust and combating misinformation on the causes, symptoms and treatment of cervical cancer are the first steps to eliminating the condition, said nurse and midwife Karolina Tamani, 62.
(...) Cervical cancer is the sixth most diagnosed cancer and the eighth most common cause of cancer death in women in the Region.
(...) By acting together, a world free of cervical cancer is possible.
Learn more about WHO’s work on cervical cancer globally .
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