By staff and agency

That U.S. sanctions are harming Iranians patients is not a mythology: Foreign Policy

In an article published by Foreign Policy on Wednesday, it has been illustrated that how sanctions are taking tolls Iranian patients.

Smoking causes 30% of cancer deaths in Iran: expert

TEHRAN -- About 30% of cancer-related deaths in Iran are caused by smoking cigarettes, the vice president of Ahvaz’s Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences for health affairs announced, ISNA reported on Thursday.

Why subsidized forex is still used for tobacco?

TEHRAN- It might be hard to believe that cigarettes are among the products that are imported using subsidized foreign currency, Deputy Health Minister Alireza Raisi has said.

MAHAK has supported 4,555 children with brain tumor during the past 28 years

TEHRAN-- Brain tumors are one of the most common cancers in children. This disease has numerous symptoms and if it is diagnosed in primary stages it can be controlled and treated to a great extent. 

Health ministry revealed data on cancer amongst Iranians

TEHRAN – Iranian health ministry announced highest rate of ten most common cancers in each province according to statistics of the Iranian calendar year 1394 (March 2015- March 2016), deputy health minister Reza Malekzadeh announced.

First cardio-oncology research center in Asia to open in Tehran

TEHRAN- First cardio-oncology research center in Asia will soon start operating in Shahid Rajaee teaching hospital in Tehran, said a member of hospital’s academic board.

‘About 120,000 cases of cancer diagnosed in Iran last year’

TEHRAN – Some 115,000 to 120,000 new cases of cancer were diagnosed in Iran during the past Iranian calendar year 1397 (ended on March 20, 2019), the president of the Iranian Society of Radiation and Oncology announced, Mehr reported on Monday.

Iran, first in Middle East to do stem cell transplant on HIV patient 

TEHRAN- Blood stem cell transplant was carried out for the first time in Iran and the Middle East for treating cancer on a patient infected by HIV virus, Young Journalists Club reported on Wednesday. 

Free health facility for cancer patients under construction 

TEHRAN- A free specialized care center for cancer patients will start operation by the end of the current [Iranian calendar] year (March 2020), said Fatemeh Hashemi, the head of Charity Foundation for Special Diseases. 

Iran succeeds in production of 4 new cancer, diabetes drugs

TEHRAN — Two new cancer medications as well as two drugs for treatment of diabetes were unveiled in a knowledge-based pharmaceutical company in Alborz province on Tuesday morning.

Hot tea raising esophageal cancer risk in Golestan province

TEHRAN — A new study has revealed that drinking hot tea has substantially increased the prevalence of esophageal cancer in Iranian province of Golestan, said the deputy health minister for research, technology and medical education. 

Using Yttrium-90 for liver cancer therapy in clinical stage

TEHRAN- Iran is in clinical stage of producing Yttrium-90 resin microspheres, a radiopharmaceutical that can substantially help liver cancer treatment. 

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.  

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. 

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. 

‘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.

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. 

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. 

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.

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. 

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.

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.  

‘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. 

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. 

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.

‘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. 

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.

$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.

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.

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.