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Tesco pharmacies are helping spot cancer early

For the September early diagnosis campaign, Tesco customers with unusual symptoms or questions about cancer are invited to get expert information and support while they shop. For the September early diagnosis campaign, Tesco customers with unusual symptoms or questions about cancer are invited to get expert information and support while they shop.

18 September 2024

• Science & Technology

Work starts on a cancer vaccine for people with Lynch syndrome

LynchVax could help prevent cancer in people with Lynch syndrome, who have a higher risk of bowel cancer, womb cancer and some other types. LynchVax could help prevent cancer in people with Lynch syndrome, who have a higher risk of bowel cancer, womb cancer and some other types.

10 September 2024

• Personal Stories

What's it like for your child to be part of a clinical trial?

Clinical trials are how we bring better cancer treatments to children and young people. For Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we asked parents what they're actually like. Clinical trials are how we bring better cancer treatments to children and young people. For Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we asked parents what they're actually like.

3 September 2024

• Health & Medicine

Symptom triggered testing helps doctors diagnose ovarian cancer early

Testing women with symptoms that could be linked to ovarian cancer is an effective way of finding aggressive forms of the disease in their early stages, according to research we helped fund. Testing women with symptoms that could be linked to ovarian cancer is an effective way of finding aggressive forms of the disease in their early stages, according to research we helped fund.

15 August 2024

• Science & Technology

SU2C gives £7.5m more to improve treatments for children’s and young people’s cancers

Stand Up To Cancer are giving two international teams each a further £3.75m to reduce the side effects of radiotherapy and make immunotherapies work for more young patients. Stand Up To Cancer are giving two international teams each a further £3.75m to reduce the side effects of radiotherapy and make immunotherapies work for more young patients.

7 August 2024

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HPV self-sampling could help screen one million more women for cervical cancer

More than million more women in England could take part in cervical screening over the next three years if they were offered do-it-yourself kits, according to the YouScreen trial. More than million more women in England could take part in cervical screening over the next three years if they were offered do-it-yourself kits, according to the YouScreen trial.

17 July 2024

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Cancer is the UK public’s biggest health concern

More UK adults are concerned about cancer than any other medical condition, and most people want to see a future where it can be diagnosed much earlier. More UK adults are concerned about cancer than any other medical condition, and most people want to see a future where it can be diagnosed much earlier.

15 July 2024

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NHS rolling out first targeted brain tumour treatment for children and young people

NHS England will offer the newly-approved dabrafenib plus trametinib combination to children and young people whose gliomas are being driven by a specific genetic mutation. NHS England will offer the newly-approved dabrafenib plus trametinib combination to children and young people whose gliomas are being driven by a specific genetic mutation.

13 June 2024

• Science & Technology

Our researchers light up prostate cancer cells to help surgeons cut them out

A fluorescent dye that sticks to cancer cells could make prostate cancer surgery more effective while reducing side effects. A fluorescent dye that sticks to cancer cells could make prostate cancer surgery more effective while reducing side effects.

11 June 2024

• Science & Technology

New scan technique gives children the right medulloblastoma diagnosis in minutes, not weeks

A study we helped fund means children can get the right medulloblastoma treatments faster and puts an end to the long waits for answers. A study we helped fund means children can get the right medulloblastoma treatments faster and puts an end to the long waits for answers.

10 June 2024

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Cancer rates rising in under-50s

Early-onset cancer is a growing problem. Cancer rates in 25 to 49-year-olds increased by 24% from 1995 to 2019, according to our latest data. Early-onset cancer is a growing problem. Cancer rates in 25 to 49-year-olds increased by 24% from 1995 to 2019, according to our latest data.

3 June 2024

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ASCO 2024: data on weight loss drugs and a melanoma vaccine, a test that can predict breast cancer relapse, and more

Our experts guide you through some of the most important announcements at ASCO, the world’s biggest cancer conference. Our experts guide you through some of the most important announcements at ASCO, the world’s biggest cancer conference.

2 June 2024