More than 50 women in need received free cervical and breast cancer screenings with same-day results as part of a recent See, Test & Treat program and health fair at Loyola University Medical Center.

Varian Medical Systems is collaborating with two leading Cape Town universities to launch Africa's first 'Access to Care' program, designed to train cancer caregivers in delivering advanced conformal radiotherapy treatments.

Gustave Roussy has awarded Elekta with an order for four Versa HD linear accelerators, replacing their existing installed base of competing systems. The premier European comprehensive cancer center started its radiotherapy program in 2013.

Women who are carriers of mutated BRCA genes are known to have a significantly higher risk for developing breast and ovarian cancers than those who don't have the mutations. But a new study by the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) faculty questions the value of screening for the genetic mutations in the general population — including those who do not have cancer or have no family history of the disease — because of the high cost.

School-age children born prematurely are more likely to have low mathematical achievement, thought to be associated with reduced working memory and number skills, according to a study in the neurology journal Brain.