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In this week’s cancer news: do you know alcohol causes cancer? And desperate measures are being considered around cancer care due to NHS staff shortages. In this week’s cancer news: do you know alcohol causes cancer? And desperate measures are being considered around cancer care due to NHS staff shortages.

by Gabriella Beer | Analysis | 13 January 2018

13 January 2018

CRISPR genome editing has received lots of attention and hype, so we took a look at what it really means for the future of cancer research. CRISPR genome editing has received lots of attention and hype, so we took a look at what it really means for the future of cancer research.

by Michael Walsh | Analysis | 12 January 2018

12 January 2018

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The damage caused to specialised stem cells' DNA could help explain why drinking increases the risk of cancer. The damage caused to specialised stem cells' DNA could help explain why drinking increases the risk of cancer.

by Aine McCarthy | Analysis | 3 January 2018

3 January 2018

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2017 cancer research highlights: a patient's pick

Patients are at the heart of what we do, so we asked a pancreatic cancer survivor to pick the 2017 cancer research highlights that matter to him. Patients are at the heart of what we do, so we asked a pancreatic cancer survivor to pick the 2017 cancer research highlights that matter to him.

by Gabriella Beer | Analysis | 20 December 2017

20 December 2017

Applying low frequency electric fields to the scalp of people with an aggressive type of brain tumour improves survival, according to a clinical trial. Applying low frequency electric fields to the scalp of people with an aggressive type of brain tumour improves survival, according to a clinical trial.

by In collaboration with PA Media Group | News | 19 December 2017

19 December 2017

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This week’s news features health warning on cigarettes and long-term results from a trial testing engineered immune cells in aggressive lymphoma. This week’s news features health warning on cigarettes and long-term results from a trial testing engineered immune cells in aggressive lymphoma.

by Katie Roberts | Analysis | 16 December 2017

16 December 2017

This entry is part 6 of 23 in the series Science Surgery
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