cancer

SickKids in Toronto has started a new partnership with the Oncology Department of Aghia Sofia Children's Hospital in Athens, which aims to help transform the latter into a "Centre of Excellence" capable of meeting the needs of paediatric cancer...

The 'Race for the Cure' was held in Athens on Sunday to raise awareness for breast cancer. Several central roads were closed to traffic in the morning while the five-kilometre run and two-kilometre walk were underway. This was the sixth consecutive...

Greek Primary National Health Network (PEDY) will stop covering several examinations such as Pap test, mammogram and prostate MRI. Many tests that can “predict and prevent” cancer are cut from the list of free tests. These tests will be prescribed by PEDY doctors under...

Famous Greek composer and singer Antonis Vardis passed away early Tuesday morning, September 2 at Hygeia Hospital where he was fighting his last battle with cancer. Thousands of fans and the singer's family and friends are mourning his passing all over Greece and...

The 20th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Radiation Oncology (DEGRO) which was held July 3 to 6 in Düsseldorf, Germany, was attended by the elite of German radiologists and three Greek doctors who were awarded for their contribution to...

A special grant of 16 million euros by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation will allow seven state hospitals in Greece to upgrade their radiation therapy equipment and improve the effectiveness of cancer treatments, was announced on Friday. According to the Foundation,...

Due to the economic crisis, cancer patients choose to be treated in public hospitals, as they can’t afford the treatment in private health clinics. The waiting list for cancer treatment in state hospitals is long, and in some cases it...

MITERA Children’s Hospital is launching a new Oncology Center for children and adolescents, and the first Cancer Survivors’ Clinic in Greece. The Oncology Center will consist of an in-patient unit, a day-care unit and an outpatient clinic and will be...

Sakis Boulas one of the most popular comedians and singers in Greece lost his battle with cancer and died early this morning Friday February 21, at the age of 60, in an Athens clinic where he was hospitalized over...

February 4 is World Cancer Day which was founded to raise awareness of cancer, encourage its prevention and treatment, as well as to support cancer patients and their families. But when it comes to Greece, the situation is a...