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New tricks for old drugs – blocking oestrogen to prevent breast cancer

Tamoxifen is one of the mainstays of breast cancer treatment. Since the early 1980s, it’s been given to women who’ve…

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Leaders team up to combat cancer worldwide

Today, leaders from cancer organisations across the world – from Australia to Argentina, and Taiwan to Turkey – have issued…

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Breast cancer in the UK: can we do even better?

In the UK we’re making great progress against breast cancer – over 85 per cent of women diagnosed with the…

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Spreading the word about cancer worldwide

Today is World Cancer Day. In the UK barely a day goes by without a cancer story in the headlines…

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New horizons for lung cancer?

Beating lung cancer is one of our greatest challenges. It’s the most common cancer in the world – a staggering…

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First indication that bowel screening is working

This week we’ve released new figures showing bowel cancer is on the rise. Between 2006 and 2008, the number of…

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Breast cancer – why do the over-70s often fare worse?

A new study published in the British Journal of Cancer today sheds some light on why older women with breast…

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BBC Three documentary on oral sex and cancer

Last night’s BBC Three documentary, presented by actress Jaime Winstone, discusses the newest potential cause of cancer – oral sex….

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Fruit and vegetables are good for general health but have little effect on cancer

Back in the 1990s, the evidence that fruit and veg played an important role in protecting against cancer seemed compelling….

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