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2019-02-28 12:08
Very first linear particle accelerator made in Iran
TEHRAN- Iran’s very first linear particle accelerator, a device mainly used for treatment of cancer patients, was produced by Behyaar Sanaat Sepahan, a knowledge-based company based in Isfahan, announced the company’s managing director.
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2019-02-23 09:29
Cancer costs constitute 2% of Iran’s health care spending
TEHRAN — Cancer medical costs are even higher than cardiovascular diseases as they constitute 2% of the country’s health care spending, deputy health minister Iraj Harirchi has said.
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2019-02-05 21:17
National network of NGOs and charities for cancer plans to join UICC
TEHRAN — Joining the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) has been a matter of importance for the members of Iran’s national network of NGOs and charities for cancer, CEO of MAHAK, a charity society dedicated to treating pediatric cancer in Iran, has said.
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2019-02-04 23:17
‘Iranian traditional medicine effective on reducing cancer pain’
TEHRAN — Iranian traditional medicine can effectively help in reducing pain among patients with cancer, head of Iranian Society of Radiotherapy Oncology has said.
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2019-02-02 20:55
Production of 5 drugs for refractory, rare diseases increased
TEHRAN — Production volume of five pharmaceutical products for refractory and rare diseases has risen by 25 percent in a biopharmaceutical company in the province of Alborz, IRIB reported on Saturday.
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2019-01-27 21:34
Half of cancers preventable, half treatable: health official
TEHRAN — While nearly 56,000 people die of cancer per annum half of all cancers are preventable and the other half are treatable, deputy health minister Reza Malekzadeh has said.
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2019-01-26 10:59
3-5% of cancers occur among children: health official
TEHRAN— Only three to five percent of cancers occur among children, head of the cancer department at the Ministry of Health has said.
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2019-01-23 09:58
75 early cancer detection centers to be inaugurated
TEHRAN- 75 early cancer detection centers will start operation on January 27 nationwide on the occasion of the national cancer week, said Ali Motlaq, the head of cancer department at the Ministry of Health.
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2019-01-18 23:11
National campaign to fight cancer launched in Iran
TEHRAN — A national campaign to combat cancer, aiming to increase hope among the patients as well as public awareness about the disease, has been initiated in Iran, ISNA news agency reported on Thursday.
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2019-01-17 02:13
Tobacco use in Iran up sevenfold in decade
TEHRAN- Tobacco use in Iran has increased by seven times over the past decade, growing from 2,000 tons to 15,000 tons, said Tehran University of Medical Science vice chancellor for social affairs.
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2019-01-09 10:52
‘Blood pressure medications in Iran do not pose cancer risk’
TEHRAN- An official with the Iranian Food and Drug Administration announced that the blood pressure medications in Iran do not contain impurities that could cause cancer, IRNA reported on Tuesday.
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2019-01-05 23:05
Some 900,000 cancer patients living in Iran
TEHRAN- Currently, there is an estimated 900,000 cancer cases in Iran and 110,000 new cases are diagnosed each year, announced the head of the Iranian Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Society.
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2018-12-19 20:33
Prototype prostate cancer drug produced in Iran
TEHRAN- The industrial production of Lutetium-177, a prototype drug for treatment of prostate cancer has now started in Atomic Energy Organization of Iran in collaboration with Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, the University’s professor and a member of drug’s research team announced.
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2018-12-14 22:24
‘Cancer treatment costs Iran $715m last year’
TEHRAN — Treatment of cancer cost Iran 30 trillion rials (nearly $715 million) last year (March 2017-March 2018), Payam Azadeh, the scientific secretary of the third International Clinical Oncology Congress has said.
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2018-11-29 02:14
Chemical waste leachate raising cancer worrisome: expert
TEHRAN – The leachate produced from hazardous chemical waste penetrating into the soil after rainfall pollutes water with harmful toxic substances and causes cancer, which has raised concern in northern provinces of the country, an environmental expert has said.
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2018-11-17 23:15
$170,000 collected in fundraising for cancer patients
TEHRAN – Philanthropists have donated a total of 7 billion rials (nearly $170,000) to cancer patients in a charity fundraising event held on Friday in Karaj, Alborz province.
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2018-11-16 20:48
Cancer drug, lenalidomide, domestically produced in Iran
TEHRAN — Iran succeeded in domestically production of lenalidomide, a cancer drug, for one-twentieth of its original price, IRNA reported on Thursday.
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2018-09-16 10:17
Isfahan to run guesthouse for patients with cancer
TEHRAN – A guesthouse will be opened in the city of Isfahan to accommodate health tourists who are suffering from cancer, IRIB reported on Friday.
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2018-09-04 16:51
Tehran to host international conference on advanced radiotherapy
TEHRAN - The international conference on perspectives of advanced radiotherapy in middle income countries will be held in Tehran on September 26-28, IRNA reported on Monday.
