2010-10-08 15:29
Marathon with a slogan „Do not allow the illness to beat you!“ invited people to join the event in Vilnius on 12 September, 2010. The event was organized by a non for profit organization „International Marathon“ and the local authorities of Vilnius city together with health promoting project „Do not Delay!“.
2010-09-06 14:37
4-5th September 2010 in Pociūnai Airport (Prienai region) for the first
time in Lithuania women’s parachute team from Baltic countries together
with the breast cancer prevention project “Do not delay” held the
record. Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian parachutists jumped from 4000
meters height and composed a figure – living star.2010-09-06 14:33
Breast Cancer Prevention Project “Do not delay” which is active more
than seven year integrates hundreds of well-wishing people and
congenials. On the 28th of August project volunteers, coordinators,
sponsors, doctors and all the project supporting people were summoned
into the annual thanks giving event. Especially for them in Užupis
street 30 was held a concert during which performed Mr. Jacunskas, R.
Savickas, A. Daraškaitė, Kostas Smoriginas and Olegas Ditkovskis.Photo Nedelsk
2010-09-06 10:24
Among breast cancer patients, both chemotherapy and tamoxifen
independently reduced the risk of developing a second cancer in the
other breast, according to a study published online December 25 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The risk reduction persisted for at least 10 and 5 years, respectively.For breast cancer patients the risk of developing cancer in the other breast is two to six times greater than the breast cancer risk of the general public. Studies have shown that taking tamoxifen for five years reduces the risk of cancer in the opposite breast among women who have estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer, but the studies did not clarify how long the protective effect lasts.
2010-08-26 08:53
The impact of cancer exceeds the amount of money devoted to it, expert says.
Cancer is the world's top "economic killer" as well as its
likely leading cause of death, the American Cancer Society contends in a
new report it will present at a global cancer conference in China this
week.
Cancer costs more in productivity and lost life than AIDS, malaria,
the flu and other diseases that spread person-to-person, the report
concludes.Chronic diseases including cancer, heart disease and diabetes account for more than 60 percent of deaths worldwide but less than 3 percent of public and private funding for global health, said Rachel Nugent of the Center for Global Development, a Washington-based policy research group.
