Pink fire truck has collected over NOK 400,000 for cancer
With the help of Norway’s first and only pink fire truck, fire fighters in Hurum in Buskerud have collected over NOK 400,000 for cancer prevention….
Cancer
Increase in Norwegians diagnosed with multiple cancer types
Increase in Norwegians diagnosed with multiple cancer types The number of Norwegians diagnosed with several different cancer types has increased sharply in recent decades. 27,000…
As mortality rate for cancer falls, many still become ill
The death rate from cancer has fallen in Europe over the past five years, but there are increasing numbers of people getting different forms of…
Erna Solberg: – Sindre will do well .
Prime Minister Erna Solberg is thanking the health service for the care and follow-up husband Sindre Finnes has received for his cancer. She encourages people…
Cancer cause most deaths in Norway
Cancer is now the most frequent cause of death in Norway Last year, more people died of cancer than cardiovascular diseases in this country. …
Breast implants can lead to rare cancer
A rare type of cancer has affected 615 patients due to silicone implants in the breasts. This cancer type has also appeared in this country….
Many cancer patients are not offered relief treatment
Many incurably sick cancer patients are not offered relief therapy shows a new doctoral degree from the Cancer Registry. Nearly four out of ten…
Slovakia’s president met Norway’s leading cancer experts
King Harald and Queen Sonja took Slovakia’s head of state to visit Radium Hospital and the researchers at the Oslo Cancer Cluster Tuesday. After…
Cancer kills more than cardiovascular disease
For the first time in history, there are now more cancer related deaths than cardiovascular disease, figures from the Cause of Death Register. The…
Norwegian researchers detect cancer risk in unborn children
Researchers at Haukeland University Hospital have found a recurrence that, already at the foetal stage, can show increased risk of ovarian cancer. This could lay…
Buildings bathed in purple floodlights to highlight cancer
Many residents in the capital said on Thursday that two of the city’s landmarks were illuminated in purple. The reason was to spotlight pancreatic cancer….
Increase in cancer ten years from now
The Cancer Registry warns about 23 per cent increase in cancer ten years from now The number of cancer cases is still increasing, with almost…
The risk of cancerous mole is increased for man with overweight
New, Norwegian research shows that there is a clear connection between obesity and cancerous mole among men. The higher the BMI, the greater is the…
The strike in the Cancer Society is over – nurses rejoice
The strike in the Cancer Society is over – the nurses rejoice The Norwegian Nurses Associations (NSF) and NHO Abelia agree on a new collective…
Compensation after breast removals in Oslo
Four women receive compensation after uneccesary surgeries in Oslo Four out of 21 women who had breasts and ovaries removed after a snafu at the…
Considers compensation claims after gross malpractice
Parents Considers compensation claims after gross malpractice following death of six-year-old The parents of deceased Djabrail (6) are considering compensation claims against Haukeland Hospital and…
Six-year-old died after mistreatment at Haukeland
Six-year-old died after mistreatment at Haukeland in Bergen A six-year-old boy is dead after a hospital blunder at Haukeland University Hospital. The hospital apologizes. …
New clinic at the Radium Hospital
The Government wants to build a new clinic at the Radium Hospital The Government parties – the Conservatives and the Progress Party – gives the…
Cancer patients demonstrate against political procrastination
Cancer patients and supporters gathered for an unpolitical action in front of Parliament to ask politicians to ensure that new cancer treatments are offered faster…
Action against waiting time for cancer medicines
Great commitment towards action against waiting time for improved cancer medicines The waiting time for new drugs is unreasonably long, according to Norwegian cancer patients….