• Health & Medicine

Two HPV tests better than one for cervical screening

Doing the human papillomavirus (HPV) test twice with a short interval between tests would reduce the number of women having unnecessary treatment, new research shows. Doing the human papillomavirus (HPV) test twice with a short interval between tests would reduce the number of women having unnecessary treatment, new research shows.

24 August 2011

• Health & Medicine

Podcast: Cracking the cancer code, rising rates, and a sponge on a string

23 August 2011

• Health & Medicine

Poor public awareness of bowel cancer

BRITONS have very low awareness of the signs and symptoms of bowel cancer ї the third most common cancer in the UK and second largest cause of cancer deaths each year, new research shows. BRITONS have very low awareness of the signs and symptoms of bowel cancer ї the third most common cancer in the UK and second largest cause of cancer deaths each year, new research shows.

23 August 2011

• Health & Medicine

Government releases new cancer patients’ waiting time stats

19 August 2011

• Health & Medicine

Pen power - fighting cancer with information

10 August 2011

• Health & Medicine

GP letter in bowel screening kit improves uptake

A letter of endorsement from their local doctor as well as a 'how-to-do-it' leaflet makes more people take part in bowel screening home tests - says a new study published in the British Journal of Cancer, today. A letter of endorsement from their local doctor as well as a 'how-to-do-it' leaflet makes more people take part in bowel screening home tests - says a new study published in the British Journal of Cancer, today.

10 August 2011

New cancer imaging technique uses vitamin C to detect more aggressive tumours

Cancer Research UK scientists have developed a new imaging technique that uses vitamin C to detect cancers likely to be more aggressive or resistant to treatment. Cancer Research UK scientists have developed a new imaging technique that uses vitamin C to detect cancers likely to be more aggressive or resistant to treatment.

3 August 2011

• Health & Medicine

Annual Review 2010/11 - Saving lives through better screening

31 July 2011

• Health & Medicine

‘Sponge on a string’ oesophageal cancer prevention trial launches

25 July 2011

• Health & Medicine

'Sponge on a string' trial launched to try and prevent deadly oesophageal cancer

Cancer Research UK has launched a large multi-centre trial to test a new device for detecting Barrett's oesophagus - a condition that puts sufferers at increased risk of developing cancer of the oesophagus, one of the most deadly cancers. Cancer Research UK has launched a large multi-centre trial to test a new device for detecting Barrett's oesophagus - a condition that puts sufferers at increased risk of developing cancer of the oesophagus, one of the most deadly cancers.

25 July 2011

• Science & Technology

Are ‘leftover’ cells a new route to cancer?

13 July 2011

• Health & Medicine

New horizons for lung cancer?

8 July 2011