News archive for Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care

Tone Bjørge is professor at Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care

Metabolic risk factors and cancer (05.04.2013)

High serum levels of cholesterol reduce the risk of cancer overall, especially among women.

Uptake of social security benefits is higher among childhood cancer survivors (02.04.2013)

A new study from IGS shows that survivors of cancer in young ages (<25 years) receive social security benefits four times more often than the cancer-free population.