Tag: cancer
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World Cancer Research Day 2025
About WCRD About WCRD 2025 campaign What Is FST Planning for WCRD 2025 campaign Cancer Researchers: Past Present And Future From a weekly Monday post on Instagram since 29th September 2025 to your very own FREE publication to download. Be inspired by cancer researchers from the past, present, and future on their contributions and how…
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Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy And Head And Neck Cancer
There is increasing evidence that reveals the role of the X-linked recessive disease, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), in elevating the risk of cancer. To date, it has been implicated in the occurrence of brain cancer, alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, benign enchondroma, leukaemia, lymphomas, melanomas, and carcinomas (Vita et al., 2021; Jones et al., 2021). Upon exploring the…
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New Risk Factors Of Bowel Cancer
It is well-established that the risk factors for bowel cancer are augmented with lifestyle factors and sedentary behaviour linked to obesity, a high-fat diet, alcohol, tobacco, and poor exercise levels. The aim of this article is to divert your attention to new risks of bowel cancer recently discovered: pathogenic bacteria, overuse of antibiotics and cystic…
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Traditional Chinese Medicine For Gastric Cancer
Original Author: Dr Zhiying Shao Original published date: 9th April 2014 Updated by: Dr Hafsa Waseela Abbas Update date: June 2025 Review date: June 2027 About Dr Zhiying Shao (Julie) is a clinical oncologist based in Xuzhou, China. She is actively involved in both clinical and research work. She was among the initial volunteers at…
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Stratified Medicine And Cancer
Original Author: Dr Hafsa Waseela Abbas Original published date: 4th March 2015 Updated by: Dr Hafsa Waseela Abbas Update date: June 2025 Next Review date: June 2026 A molecular and genetic understanding of cancer origins has generated significant progress in stratified medicine. The primary objective of stratified medicine is to identify the different mechanisms of…
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Natural Remedies of Cancer
Original author: Ahmed Saeed Original published date: 3rd April 2014 Updated by: Dr Hafsa Waseela Abbas Update date: May 2025 Review date: May 2027 Ahmed Saeed is Farah’s brother and is one of the team members of One Ummah Charity. He also tutors Quran and Maths to children. Cancer is the second leading cause of…
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Cancer Health Articles
What is Cancer? Our bodies are made of millions of cells and are the smallest unit of living organisms. Cell division and growth is a regulatory process where cells of the same type become tissues… What Are The Causes And Risk Factors Of Cancer? Many causes and risk factors of cancer have intrinsic and extrinsic origins.…
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What Are The Causes And Risk Factors Of Cancer?
Original author: Dr Shraddha Bhange Original published date: 6th March 2014 Article updated by: Dr Hafsa Waseela Abbas Update date: April 2025 Review date: April 2027 About Dr Shraddha Bhange is a trained doctor and experienced safety physician. She is also one of the Board members of the ThinkSharp Foundation. Upon setting up the FST…
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Methods Of Cancer Treatment and Prevention
Original author: Dr Hafsa Waseela Abbas Original published date: 6th March 2014 Updated by: Dr Hafsa Waseela Abbas Update date: April 2025 Review date: April 2027 The care management of cancer consists of healthcare professionals from different disciplines. Their role is to discuss the care plans and ensure each patient receives the appropriate selection of…
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Diagnosing Cancer
Original author: Dr Jasmeen Sethi Original published date: 21st April 2014 Article updated by: Dr Hafsa Waseela Abbas Updated article date: April 2025 Review date: April 2027 About Dr Jasmeen Kaur Sethi is the Assistant Product Manager at Roche. She was amongst the initial supporters of the FST where she encouraged and wrote a one-off…