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02.10.2009
More and more men are diagnosed with prostate cancer and the question if treatment is given according to national guidelines is highly relevant. Until recently we have not had enough data to answer this question. However, a newly published article in the British Journal of Urology- International shows that data from the Cancer Registry of Norway and the Prostate Cancer Registry may give us the answer.
21.09.2009
A new study at the Cancer Registry of Norway shows that the total divorce rate is the same for parents having or not having a child with cancer. Neither the child’s age, length of illness, nor the prognosis influences the possibility of divorce.
17.06.2009
There is 10 per cent more cancer in Sola and neighboring mununicipalities than the Norwegian average. However, the Cancer Registry of Norway is not able to connect this to the emissions from the refinery.
11.06.2009
On June 8, a landmark study on the prevention of colorectal cancer, The Nordic European Initiative on Colorectal Cancer (NordICC) is launched. NordICC is the first randomised trial to investigate the effect of colonoscopy on incidence and mortality of this cancer.
09.06.2009
The Cancer Registry of Norway, has been commissioned to do a study to chart cancer incidence among earlier employees and neighbors of the closed oil refinery at Sola. The results of this investigation will be presented at Quality Sola Airport Hotel on Wednesday 17. June 2009.
02.06.2009
Farmers, priests, teachers and medical doctors are among the occupational groups with least cancer. The highest risk is seen in male waiters. This is shown in the first study in The Nordic Occupational Project (NOCCA) that investigates connections between occupation and cancer in the Nordic countries.
16.04.2009
Statistics Norway newly reported that the death toll from breast cancer in women continues to go down. "This is an exceptionally good trend," says Chief Physician and Head of Department Rita Steen at the Cancer Registry of Norway.
03.04.2009
“In total, we still do not see any reduction in the number of skin cancer cases. However, we do find fewer among the young. This probably is due to better sun sense as among other things children and young people are more protected when they are out in the sun,” says researcher Trude Eid Robsahm at the Cancer Registry of Norway.
26.02.2009
A cancer illness does not increase the possibility of divorce, shows Astri Syse’s thesis at the Cancer Registry of Norway. The illness does not either seem to reduce the possibility of marriage.