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Study suggests screening in men with genetic predisposition to prostate cancer is more effective...
A new multinational study suggests that regular blood testing to measure levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA) is more effective at detecting prostate cancer in men with a genetic predisposition to the disease... [read more]

Cancer survival rates improving across England...
Cancer survival rates have improved across England, according to two new reports from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)... [read more]

DNA trick may be clue to cancer cells' eternal life...
Cancer Research UK scientists have uncovered a new strategy that could be used by cancer cells to side step the body¿s normal safety checks and become immortal ¿ a key step for a cancer cell ¿ according to a study published in Nature today (Thursday)... [read more]

Faulkner and Difford on board Busking Cancer's big boat bash...
Singer songwriters Newton Faulkner and Chris Difford are the latest stars to join Rod Stewart and Suggs in backing a busking campaign for Cancer Research UK... [read more]

Trial results raise hope of more effective pancreatic cancer treatment...
A major international trial has shown a commonly used chemotherapy drug is as effective at helping prevent pancreatic cancer returning after surgery as the more expensive standard chemotherapy treatment, reveals a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association today (Wednesday)... [read more]

Poor public awareness highlights radiotherapy's 'Cinderella' status...
Only one in ten people know that radiotherapy helps cure forty per cent of cancer patients according to new figures published by Cancer Research UK today (Tuesday)... [read more]









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