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Are meat and cheese really ‘as deadly as smoking?’ Despite some alarming headlines, the answer is no. For the rest of the week's stories read our news digest. Are meat and cheese really ‘as deadly as smoking?’ Despite some alarming headlines, the answer is no. For the rest of the week's stories read our news digest.

by Nick Peel | Analysis | 8 March 2014

8 March 2014

Helicobacter pylori

In the next in our Cancer and Infections series, we look at the stomach bug H. pylori and how it's linked with cancer. In the next in our Cancer and Infections series, we look at the stomach bug H. pylori and how it's linked with cancer.

by Emma Smith | Analysis | 7 March 2014

7 March 2014

This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series Cancer and Infections

For the vast majority of people, eating protein isn’t “as bad for you as smoking”. Tobacco is the single biggest cause of preventable disease. For the vast majority of people, eating protein isn’t “as bad for you as smoking”. Tobacco is the single biggest cause of preventable disease.

by Sarah Williams | Analysis | 5 March 2014

5 March 2014

Radiotherapy

We've worked with NHS England to produce our Vision for Radiotherapy for the next 10 years. This post looks at some of the key developments we'd like to see. We've worked with NHS England to produce our Vision for Radiotherapy for the next 10 years. This post looks at some of the key developments we'd like to see.

by Jennifer Boon | Analysis | 3 March 2014

3 March 2014

Researchers have developed a new imaging technique that lights up cancer’s sleeper cells, warning patients and doctors of a potential relapse Researchers have developed a new imaging technique that lights up cancer’s sleeper cells, warning patients and doctors of a potential relapse

by Cancer Research UK | News | 3 March 2014

3 March 2014

Kidney cancer rates have soared by 30 per cent since the early 2000s according to the latest figures published* by Cancer Research UK.  "Nothing could quite prepare me for the moment the doctor told me I had kidney cancer." - Nicholas Owen, BBC journalist and television presenter Over the last decade, the rates of people diagnosed have risen from 9 in every 100,000 to 12 people in every 100,000 now. Kidney cancer rates have soared by 30 per cent since the early 2000s according to the latest figures published* by Cancer Research UK.  "Nothing could quite prepare me for the moment the doctor told me I had kidney cancer." - Nicholas Owen, BBC journalist and television presenter Over the last decade, the rates of people diagnosed have risen from 9 in every 100,000 to 12 people in every 100,000 now.

by Cancer Research UK | News | 27 February 2014

27 February 2014

  • Science & Technology
  • Health & Medicine

The link between cancer and infections

Can you catch cancer? The answer is no, but you can pick up an infection that increases the chances of developing certain types. Can you catch cancer? The answer is no, but you can pick up an infection that increases the chances of developing certain types.

by Emma Smith | Analysis | 26 February 2014

26 February 2014

This entry is part 1 of 5 in the series Cancer and Infections

An EU vote today ushers in tough new anti-tobacco measures that will go further than ever before according to Cancer Research UK. An EU vote today ushers in tough new anti-tobacco measures that will go further than ever before according to Cancer Research UK.

by Cancer Research UK | News | 26 February 2014

26 February 2014