2010-08-25 Experts Urge More Efforts to Fight Cancer in Poor Countries
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Health experts are calling for action to expand cancer care and control in the developing world. A paper published by the medical…
2005-12-21 Researchers Seek Genetic Map of Cancer
I’m Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Health Report. Last week, we discussed new findings about the way cancer spreads from one part of the body to another. Now,…
2005-12-14 Scientists Learn More About How Cancer Spreads
I’m Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Health Report. Scientists have learned more about the way cancer spreads from one place in the body to another. Once it spreads,…
2005-08-24 Scientists Work on a ‘Smart Bomb’ Against Cancer
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Health Report. Scientists have developed a new cancer drug. So far, they have tested it in only in laboratory animals. The drug…
2005-06-29 W.H.O. Seeks Worldwide Campaign Against Cancer
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. The World Health Organization has established an international committee of cancer experts. The experts will develop a plan to fight…
2004-10-06 Study Says Dogs Can Smell Cancer
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. Dogs are known for their sense of smell. They can find missing people and things like bombs and illegal…
2004-03-10 New Drug Cuts Blood Supply to Cancer
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. There is an expression that describes the traditional three steps that doctors use to treat cancer: “cut, burn and poison.” Cut out…
2002-04-02 – Cancer
VOICE ONE: This is Sarah Long. VOICE TWO: And this is Bob Doughty with Science in the News, a VOA Special English program about recent developments in Science. Today, we…