Cancer

Drawing, writing contest for children to spread message of hope amid Covid-19

Cancer - 11/08/2021

Launched on Aug. 8, the "Vi mot Viet Nam tat thang" (For a triumphant Vietnam) contest is co-organized by "The Sun of Hope" (formerly The Sun) program, Hope Foundation, Foreign Trade University, and i...

Liver cancer pushes lung cancer to second place in Vietnam

Cancer - 11/08/2021

Heavy beer and alcohol consumption contributes to the increasing liver cancer mortality rate among Vietnamese men. Photo by Shutterstock/Viiviien...

Vietnamese scientists discover plants containing anti-cancer compound

Cancer - 11/08/2021

The scientific names of the two plants are Xyloselinum vietnamense Pimenov & Kljuykov and Xyloselinum leonidii Pimenov & Kljuykov, according t...

Vietnam ranks 4th in liver cancer fatality rate

Cancer - 11/08/2021

Men drink beer at a restaurant in Hanoi in a file photo by Reuters. Alcohol abuse contributes to increasing rate of liver cancer among Vietnamese...

Cancer study: Antibiotics linked to dangerous polyps

Cancer - 11/08/2021

Long-term use of antibiotics increases the risk later in life of developing colon polyps, often a precursor of bowel cancer, researchers...

3 Brothers Have the Same Rare Cancer

Cancer - 25/04/2020

But they have another bond that most brothers don’t: All three boys have bilateral retinoblastoma, a rare type of eye cancer. It begins in the bac...

Cancer Death Rates Continue to Fall in U.S.

Cancer - 25/04/2020

The annual decline was slightly larger among men (1.8%) than women (1.4%), according to the Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer. The...