#Cancer

More than 4,500 people in Cyprus are diagnosed with cancer every year, and over 2,000 lose their lives, new figures have revealed, prompting calls for a radical overhaul of cancer care on ...

There have been 9,945 cases of prostate cancer in Cyprus over the last 23 years, the Pancyprian Association of Cancer Patients and Friends (Pasykaf) reported in a statement launching an awareness campaign ...

The House health committee on Thursday called for an emergency session to examine obstacles in the approval process for oncology drugs, formally registering the issue on its agenda. The move ...

Twenty children from Greece fighting cancer were given a moment of joy on Wednesday as they met President Nikos Christodoulides at the presidential palace, with a surprise promise of tickets ...

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in Cyprus, with 350 to 400 new cases diagnosed annually, according to President of the Cyprus Society of Gastroenterology, Dr Andreas Evgeniou. Speaking on ...

A pioneering study by scientists from the University of Cyprus and the University of Oxford has uncovered a new cellular mechanism that could lead to innovative treatments for cancer and ...

An agreement was signed on Saturday at the presential palace for the construction of a new Paediatric Oncology Centre in Nicosia, which is expected to significantly upgrade the services provided. ...

The World Health Organization released new findings on Friday about an “alarming” lack of awareness about alcohol’s link to cancer across Europe and called for clear and prominent tobacco-style ...

More than 1,500 cancer-related deaths and 4,000 new cases of the disease are reported in Cyprus every year, the Pancyprian Association of Nurses said on Tuesday, World Cancer Day. In Cyprus, around ...

The family of a British Cypriot teen is looking for a stem cell donor on the island in the hope of finding a match. “It would mean the absolute world ...

Prostate cancer is the first most common cancer in men and the second most common cause of cancer death (after lung cancer) in men in Cyprus, the association of cancer ...

The 20th Pink Figures March will be held on October 5, the breast cancer association Europa Donna Cyprus announced on Tuesday. The march is being held under the auspices of EU ...

Deputy Minister for European Affairs Marilena Raouna has said that as Cyprus prepares to undertake its second Presidency of the Council of the EU in January 2026, the government aims to ...

Lung cancer, the main cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, is the second most frequent form of cancer among men in Cyprus and the fifth among women. Marking August 1, world lung ...

Kate, Britain’s Princess of Wales, waved to crowds and smiled broadly from the balcony of Buckingham Palace after watching a military parade on Saturday, making her first public appearance ...

Thyroid cancer is the second most common cancer among women in Cyprus and the sixth in men, the Cyprus cancer patients’ association (Pasykaf) said on Monday. Figures show 35-to-59-year-olds ...

One of the walls at the Bank of Cyprus oncology centre has been transformed into a view of nature for the seventh year as part of its Wall Gallery platform. ...

We all admire the strength of people who never give up, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday launching the annual Christodoula’s charity march. Held for the 49th year, the ...

The paediatric clinic of Makarios hospital handles between 30 and 40 new benign and malignant haematological and oncological cases every year. The numbers were disclosed during a recent seminar entitled “Leukaemia and ...

Efforts are underway to develop the National Cancer Institute, as well as a legal framework to offer palliative care through Gesy, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on Sunday. Speaking to ...

An average of 42 cancer diagnoses every year are detected in people under 19 in Cyprus, according to the director of the paediatric oncology-haematology clinic of Makarios hospital in Nicosia Loizos Loizou. “...

Health Minister Michalis Damianos on Tuesday reiterated the government’s commitment to oncological patients in Cyprus and to and further improving healthcare services. Following a visit to the Bank of ...

MPs at the House health committee on Thursday expressed their satisfaction over the government’s U-turn to greenlight the creation of National Cancer Institute. After weeks of wrangling, deputies heralded ...

Disy on Thursday slammed the government’s decision not to include provisions for the creation of a National Cancer Institute in the forthcoming budget for the health ministry. “The freezing ...