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NHS tobacco bill tops Ј2.7 billion a year

New research has revealed that the cost to the NHS in England of treating smoking related illness reached Ј2.7 billion a year by 2007. This equates to Ј50 million every week. New research has revealed that the cost to the NHS in England of treating smoking related illness reached Ј2.7 billion a year by 2007. This equates to Ј50 million every week.

7 October 2008

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New chemotherapy 'cures' early testicular cancer

A single injection of carboplatin - a chemotherapy drug commonly used to treat ovarian and lung cancer - can replace radiotherapy to cure a common type of testicular cancer, according to results presented at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference in Birmingham today (Monday). A single injection of carboplatin - a chemotherapy drug commonly used to treat ovarian and lung cancer - can replace radiotherapy to cure a common type of testicular cancer, according to results presented at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference in Birmingham today (Monday).

6 October 2008

NCRI sees record investment in cancer research

The National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) partners funded Ј393m worth of research into cancer in 2006, an increase of Ј135m compared to 2002. But it will warn of slower progress in spend for some cancers, it is announced at the NCRI Cancer Conference in Birmingham today (Sunday). The National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) partners funded Ј393m worth of research into cancer in 2006, an increase of Ј135m compared to 2002. But it will warn of slower progress in spend for some cancers, it is announced at the NCRI Cancer Conference in Birmingham today (Sunday).

5 October 2008

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Graphic images will help smokers quit

27 September 2008

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Listen to the new Cancer Research UK podcast

4 August 2008

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I give up! A year since the smoking ban

30 June 2008

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Researchers launch lung cancer screening trial

Scientists are testing a new way of detecting lung cancer at an early stage in people at greatest risk of developing the disease. Scientists are testing a new way of detecting lung cancer at an early stage in people at greatest risk of developing the disease.

8 May 2008

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Scientists 'home in' on lung cancer genes that increase smokers' risk

Cancer Research UK funded scientists have pinpointed an area of the genome containing one or more genes that can put smokers at even more risk of developing lung cancer. Their findings are published online today (Wednesday) in Nature Genetics*. Cancer Research UK funded scientists have pinpointed an area of the genome containing one or more genes that can put smokers at even more risk of developing lung cancer. Their findings are published online today (Wednesday) in Nature Genetics*.

2 April 2008

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Local researchers look to improve treatment for lung cancer patients

Doctors from around the UK are taking part in one of the world's largest lung cancer clinical trials investigating how a blood thinning drug might help prevent blood clots in lung cancer patients. Doctors from around the UK are taking part in one of the world's largest lung cancer clinical trials investigating how a blood thinning drug might help prevent blood clots in lung cancer patients.

5 March 2008

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Giving stop smoking advice with smear tests could save extra lives

Giving women who smoke advice on quitting when they go for cervical smear tests could be an effective way of saving even more lives - according to new research published today in the British Journal of Cancer. If introduced, the measure could benefit hundreds of thousands of women every year. Giving women who smoke advice on quitting when they go for cervical smear tests could be an effective way of saving even more lives - according to new research published today in the British Journal of Cancer. If introduced, the measure could benefit hundreds of thousands of women every year.

3 April 2007

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Lung cancer vaccine enters large-scale clinical trial

A new treatment for the most common form of lung cancer, developed from initial research by Cancer Research UK scientists, has entered a pivotal phase III clinical trial. A new treatment for the most common form of lung cancer, developed from initial research by Cancer Research UK scientists, has entered a pivotal phase III clinical trial.

11 January 2007

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20 pence on a pack of cigarettes

Hiking up the price of a pack of cigarettes by 20 pence is the Government's best hope of reaching its 2010 target to reduce the proportion of adult smokers to 21 per cent - researchers were told today (Tuesday) at the National Cancer Research Institute conference in Birmingham. Hiking up the price of a pack of cigarettes by 20 pence is the Government's best hope of reaching its 2010 target to reduce the proportion of adult smokers to 21 per cent - researchers were told today (Tuesday) at the National Cancer Research Institute conference in Birmingham.

10 October 2006