Tag: cancer
Macedonia 04.09.23 | 20:23

Oncology Clinic scandal: Citizens and cancer patients protest in front of the Government

Hundreds of people came out in front of the Government building today to demand accountability for the gruesome scandal at the Oncology Clinic. The protesters were joined by cancer patients, who fear that they were lied to and given saline solution instead of the expensive chemotherapy drugs they were...

Macedonia 03.09.23 | 23:16

Key suspects in the Oncology Clinic scandal are SDSM and DUI officials

In light of the major scandal at the Oncology Clinic in Skopje, Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski tried to deflect responsibility by saying that the corruption – which involves stealing chemotherapy drugs – “does not have a political background”. Still, while there are no clear...

Macedonia 03.09.23 | 15:08

Chemo therapy theft scandal: Patients grew suspicious when they didn’t suffer from hair loss after the treatment

The gruesome allegations surrounding the Oncology Clinic, that doctors and staff were stealing chemotherapy drugs and selling them on the black market, prompted numerous personal testimonies from patients. In one instance, a journalist, Irena Mulacka, who wrote about this clinic before, shared the story...

Macedonia 19.05.22 | 10:38

Cancer patients were left without medicine that is essential for their treatment

Patients who suffer from several types of cancer have been left without treatment, warned the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party. It informs that the 90 patients with colon, ovarian and cervical cancer, who require biological treatment, were left without the necessary drugs for a month. The reason is that the...

World 01.03.20 | 13:09

American scientists are gene editing lymphocytes hoping it will turn them into more efficient cancer killers

Researchers from the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania are working on a new approach toward fighting cancer, which includes extracting T-cells from the body of a patient and genetically modifying them to make them more efficient in finding and killing cancer. The lymphocytes were...

Macedonia 10.02.20 | 18:15

Boki 13’s lawyer warns his client can die if he remains in prison

Saso Dukoski the lawyer representing racketeering suspect Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13, warned that his client can die after he was diagnosed with stomach cancer. Boki 13 is the only one of the three co-defendants who still hasn’t been released into house arrest, after this curtesy was given...

Macedonia 06.02.20 | 10:47

Boki 13 tells the court he has cancer

Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13 had an angry outburst at the start of the Racket trial today, and claimed that he has stomach cancer. You can’t keep me on sleeping pills. I need a surgery. I have cancer. You’re torturing me, Boki said when prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska entered the courthouse. Boki...

Health 30.01.19 | 17:38

Israeli scientists say they will have a complete cure for cancer within a year

It doesn’t seem possible. But they say it’s true. A small team of Israeli scientists is telling the world they will have the first “complete cure” for cancer within a year, The Jerusalem Post reported on Monday. And not only that, but they claim it will be brief, cheap and effective...

Health 24.12.18 | 09:59

Cancer-killing treatment approved in Australia

Cancer patients can look forward to a revolutionary new cancer therapy that promises to supercharge immune cells to hunt and destroy cancer cells, Daily Mail reported. The new drug, heralded as a new era in medicine, was approved last week for Australian patients with aggressive blood cancers. Up until...