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ASCO 2011 – Jury still out on ovarian cancer screening

30 June 2011

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Ten minute talk boosts breast cancer awareness

Educating women about breast cancer increases their knowledge about the disease should they develop a symptom - and could help increase survival from breast cancer, new research today shows. Educating women about breast cancer increases their knowledge about the disease should they develop a symptom - and could help increase survival from breast cancer, new research today shows.

29 June 2011

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Cancer survival – keeping pace with the rest of the pack

9 June 2011

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Breast cancer survival and background - why the difference?

9 June 2011

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New screening test more effective in left-side of bowel

New bowel screening kits, expected soon for England and Scotland, are more sensitive at picking up pre-cancerous growths in the left-side of the bowel than the right-side because the growths are shaped differently. New bowel screening kits, expected soon for England and Scotland, are more sensitive at picking up pre-cancerous growths in the left-side of the bowel than the right-side because the growths are shaped differently.

25 May 2011

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Our new mobile app to help spot cancer early

19 May 2011

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Podcast: Screening, radiotherapy, and Seve Ballasteros

18 May 2011

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Gene testing could improve screening programme in future

Calculating individual genetic cancer risk and taking age into account could mean fewer women would need to be screened for breast cancer, according to research published in the British Journal of Cancer. Calculating individual genetic cancer risk and taking age into account could mean fewer women would need to be screened for breast cancer, according to research published in the British Journal of Cancer.

11 May 2011

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Breath test could identify head-and-neck cancer patients

Scientists reveal that an `electronic noseї can distinguish between molecules found in the breath of head-and-neck cancer patients and those of healthy people, according to the results of a small, initial study published in the British Journal of Cancer, today. Scientists reveal that an `electronic noseї can distinguish between molecules found in the breath of head-and-neck cancer patients and those of healthy people, according to the results of a small, initial study published in the British Journal of Cancer, today.

20 April 2011

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First indication that bowel screening is working

23 March 2011

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Over 12 per cent more bowel cancer cases found in over 60s because of screening

Bowel cancer rates in 60 to 69 year olds went up by more than 12 per cent in England from 2006 to 2008, according to the latest figures from Cancer Research UK. Bowel cancer rates in 60 to 69 year olds went up by more than 12 per cent in England from 2006 to 2008, according to the latest figures from Cancer Research UK.

23 March 2011

• Science & Technology

Counting lung cancer cells opens window on disease

CANCER RESEARCH UK scientists have found that counting the number of lung cancer cells circulating in the blood could determine how aggressive the cancer is and predict the best treatment to use. CANCER RESEARCH UK scientists have found that counting the number of lung cancer cells circulating in the blood could determine how aggressive the cancer is and predict the best treatment to use.

21 March 2011