• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

News digest - rise in cancer cases, cervical screening, 'genetic reshuffling' and more

Catch up on the week's cancer news from our latest figures showing a rise in cancer cases, to the importance of cervical screening, leukaemia research and more. Catch up on the week's cancer news from our latest figures showing a rise in cancer cases, to the importance of cervical screening, leukaemia research and more.

18 January 2014

• Science & Technology

Sleeping Beauty reveals childhood brain tumour’s secrets

Researchers are using a technique called Sleeping Beauty to probe the genetic faults that drive medulloblastoma, the most common type of childhood brain tumour. Researchers are using a technique called Sleeping Beauty to probe the genetic faults that drive medulloblastoma, the most common type of childhood brain tumour.

17 January 2014

Headlines about a mole rat derived ‘cancer cure’ are premature

Research on mole rats and why they resist cancer is interesting, but doesn't justify some of today's overblown headlines. Research on mole rats and why they resist cancer is interesting, but doesn't justify some of today's overblown headlines.

16 January 2014

We’ve joined forces with Wikipedia to improve cancer information

Read about our ambitious plans to improve cancer information on Wikipedia, the world's fifth most visited website. Read about our ambitious plans to improve cancer information on Wikipedia, the world's fifth most visited website.

16 January 2014

Wikipedia and Cancer Research UK to take cancer information to the next level

Cancer Research UK is working with Wikipedia to recruit its very own ‘Wikipedian in Residence'. Cancer Research UK is working with Wikipedia to recruit its very own ‘Wikipedian in Residence'.

16 January 2014

Beating cancer twice: childhood cancer survivors pursue medical careers

Read the story of five childhood cancer survivors - inspired to pursue medical careers - as they visit one of our scientists in the lab. Read the story of five childhood cancer survivors - inspired to pursue medical careers - as they visit one of our scientists in the lab.

14 January 2014

• Health & Medicine

Screening helps prevent cervical cancer in older women

Women who don't have cervical screening over 50 are 6 times more likely to be diagnosed with cervical cancer according to Cancer Research UK. Women who don't have cervical screening over 50 are 6 times more likely to be diagnosed with cervical cancer according to Cancer Research UK.

14 January 2014

• Health & Medicine

A third of a million people now diagnosed with cancer every year

The number of people being diagnosed with cancer in the UK each year has hit more than 330,000 for the first time. The number of people being diagnosed with cancer in the UK each year has hit more than 330,000 for the first time.

14 January 2014

• Health & Medicine

How your information is used is changing, and you have a choice to make

What does the new NHS system for sharing patient information from GP records mean for you? What does the new NHS system for sharing patient information from GP records mean for you?

13 January 2014

• Health & Medicine

50 years of life-saving tobacco control

On the anniversary of the landmark US Surgeon General’s report on smoking and health, we look back over 50 years of life-saving tobacco control. On the anniversary of the landmark US Surgeon General’s report on smoking and health, we look back over 50 years of life-saving tobacco control.

11 January 2014

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

News digest - oesophageal cancer rise, ‘heat maps’, nanoparticles and more

This week's breakdown of the latest cancer news covers the rise in oesophageal cancer, research using blood 'heat maps', specialised nanoparticles and more. This week's breakdown of the latest cancer news covers the rise in oesophageal cancer, research using blood 'heat maps', specialised nanoparticles and more.

10 January 2014

• Health & Medicine

Ethnic differences in breast cancer rates linked to lifestyle

Lifestyle and reproductive factors are the main reasons for the difference in breast cancer rates between ethnicities. Lifestyle and reproductive factors are the main reasons for the difference in breast cancer rates between ethnicities.

8 January 2014