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Genetic "fine-tuners" and breast cancer

In the wake of a huge study mapping cancer genetics, new research has linked a tiny bit of genetic material to the immune system and breast cancer. In the wake of a huge study mapping cancer genetics, new research has linked a tiny bit of genetic material to the immune system and breast cancer.

5 August 2013

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News digest – testicular cancer, proton beam therapy, lung cancer screening and more

2 August 2013

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Manchester and London proton beam therapy units confirmed

Cancer patients who currently travel abroad for a special type of radiotherapy will be able to get it in the UK from 2018. Cancer patients who currently travel abroad for a special type of radiotherapy will be able to get it in the UK from 2018.

1 August 2013

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Parents risk skin cancer by not practising what they preach

Forty per cent of UK parents (which equates to around 4.5 million) of children aged 16 or under admit they often forget to protect their skin in strong sun because they are concentrating on protecting their children instead, a new survey by Cancer Research UK and NIVEA SUN reveals today. Forty per cent of UK parents (which equates to around 4.5 million) of children aged 16 or under admit they often forget to protect their skin in strong sun because they are concentrating on protecting their children instead, a new survey by Cancer Research UK and NIVEA SUN reveals today.

1 August 2013

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Survival for advanced prostate cancer 'triples' for men on trials

Men with incurable prostate cancer who are treated with the latest drugs have nearly three times the life expectancy of men treated a decade ago. Men with incurable prostate cancer who are treated with the latest drugs have nearly three times the life expectancy of men treated a decade ago.

31 July 2013

Cancer Research Technology, The Institute of Cancer Research and Merck Serono sign licensing deal on molecules that block the WNT signalling pathway

Cancer Research Technology (CRT), the commercial arm of Cancer Research UK, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and , Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, have signed a licensing deal today extending a successful initial alliance to discover and develop anticancer drugs that block the WNT signalling pathway. Cancer Research Technology (CRT), the commercial arm of Cancer Research UK, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and , Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, have signed a licensing deal today extending a successful initial alliance to discover and develop anticancer drugs that block the WNT signalling pathway.

30 July 2013

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Nearly all men survive testicular cancer

Survival for testicular cancer has risen by almost 30 per cent in the last 40 years, with nearly all men now beating the disease latest figures show. Survival for testicular cancer has risen by almost 30 per cent in the last 40 years, with nearly all men now beating the disease latest figures show.

29 July 2013

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News digest – suffocating tumours, standardised tobacco packs, skin cancer and more

27 July 2013

Taking down the boss – stopping tumours coping with low oxygen levels

Cancer cells can adapt to a life with low oxygen, but how do they do it and how can we turn that strength into a weakness? Cancer cells can adapt to a life with low oxygen, but how do they do it and how can we turn that strength into a weakness?

26 July 2013

Suffocating tumours could lead to new cancer drugs

Scientists have discovered a new molecule that prevents cancer cells from responding and surviving when starved of oxygen and which could be developed into new treatments for the disease. Scientists have discovered a new molecule that prevents cancer cells from responding and surviving when starved of oxygen and which could be developed into new treatments for the disease.

26 July 2013

New biomarker for bowel cancer could help predict if disease will spread

Scientists have identified a protein that could play a crucial role in recognising whether bowel cancer patients need chemotherapy. Scientists have identified a protein that could play a crucial role in recognising whether bowel cancer patients need chemotherapy.

24 July 2013

Scientists find sex hormones and breast cancer link in women under 50

CRUK scientists have identified a link between higher levels of sex hormones and an increased risk of breast cancer in premenopausal women. CRUK scientists have identified a link between higher levels of sex hormones and an increased risk of breast cancer in premenopausal women.

24 July 2013