cancer risk /channels/taxonomy/term/1935/all en Exposure to wildfires increases risk of cancer /channels/channels/news/exposure-wildfires-increases-risk-cancer-339499 <p>A new study from Æ»¹ûÒùÔº finds higher incidence of lung cancer and brain tumors in people exposed to wildfires. The study, which tracks over two million Canadians over a period of 20 years, is the first to examine how proximity to forest fires may influence cancer risk.</p> Tue, 10 May 2022 11:51:17 +0000 webfull 180063 at /channels Limiting genetic tests for breast cancer susceptibility /channels/news/limiting-genetic-tests-breast-cancer-susceptibility-253207 <p>Screening for genes whose risk association with breast cancer has yet to be proven is not justified and potentially harmful, argue an international team of leading geneticists and oncologists in a paper published this week in the prestigious <em>New England Journal of Medicine.</em></p> <p> Mon, 01 Jun 2015 20:26:05 +0000 webfull 110355 at /channels