cancer risk /newsroom/taxonomy/term/6739/all en Exposure to wildfires increases risk of cancer /newsroom/channels/news/exposure-wildfires-increases-risk-cancer-339499 <p>A new study from ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University finds higher incidence of lung cancer and brain tumors in people exposed to wildfires. The study, which tracks over two million Canadians over a period of 20 years, is the first to examine how proximity to forest fires may influence cancer risk.</p> Fri, 06 May 2022 18:43:15 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 288123 at /newsroom Michael Pollak /newsroom/michael-pollak Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 22840 at /newsroom Limiting genetic tests for breast cancer susceptibility /newsroom/channels/news/limiting-genetic-tests-breast-cancer-susceptibility-253207 <p>Screening for genes whose risk association with breast cancer has yet to be proven is not justified and potentially harmful, argue an international team of leading geneticists and oncologists in a paper published this week in the prestigious <em>New England Journal of Medicine.</em></p> <p> Mon, 01 Jun 2015 20:26:01 +0000 melody.enguix@mcgill.ca 24104 at /newsroom