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Study finds reduced risk of prostate cancer among men with a specific DNA variation

10 Dec 2019
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Faecal occult blood test for bowel cancer

People with bowel cancer who had colonoscopies tended to live longer, study shows

10 Dec 2019
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Diagram of Wilm’s tumour in a baby

Children with Wilm’s tumour may no longer need nephrectomies

10 Dec 2019
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Picture shows a surgeon operating on a patient. A chemical that assists brain cancer surgery by making tumour cells fluorescent could also help to safely diagnose the disease and monitor its response to treatment, a study suggests.

A chemical drunk by patients before surgery can make brain cancer easie

18 Oct 2019
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Pictures shows a GP talking to a young man. People with cancer who skip urgent referral appointments for their symptoms are more likely to die within a year of diagnosis, researchers say

People with cancer who skip urgent referral appointments for their symp

18 Oct 2019
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Picture shows a cigarette being stubbed out. Cigarette smoking in England fell by a quarter in 2011-18, pointing to the success of antismoking measures, researchers say

1.4 billion fewer cigarettes were smoked in England in 2018, compared w

18 Oct 2019
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Picture shows an older woman having a mammography scan. Alcohol use is estimated to be responsible for 5% to 11% of breast cancer cases and current evidence suggests that it is a risk factor for all age groups.

Study highlighted need for culture change so risk posed by alcohol for

06 Aug 2019
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Picture shows a patient receiving a bone marrow autotransplant, in which high doses of chemotherapy or radiation therapy are followed by infusion of the patient’s own stem cells.

Most common reasons for readmission of patients after haematopoietic ce

06 Aug 2019
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Picture shows artwork depicting the enzyme human ARTD2 (pink) complexed with Olaparib cancer drug (green).

Lower levels of a protective bacteria put women at greater risk of deve

06 Aug 2019
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Some people nearing the end of life are more prone to feelings of distress than others

11 Jun 2019
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A study of the lasting effects on sexuality of HSCT treatment found pat

20 May 2019
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People did not quit smoking after being diagnosed with cancer due to th

20 May 2019

Earlier and better conversations between clinicians and patients with ad

16 Apr 2019

Women who have breast surgery to avoid the risk of cancer have a ne

21 Mar 2019

Thromboembolism may be a symptom of disease rather than a cause of prema

21 Mar 2019

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